South Boston Railroad Company
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Product Details
Company
South Boston Railroad Company
Certificate Type
Capital Stock
Date Issued
August 5, 1885
Canceled
Yes
Printer
Mills, Knight & Co., Printers, Boston
Signatures
Hand signed
Approximate Size
8 3/4" (w) by 5 1/4" (h)
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Guaranteed Authentic
Yes
Additional Details
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Historical Context
Originally formed as the Broadway Railroad, the company was incorporated on April 29, 1854, and commenced operations four years later. The original route granted to the railway ran from South Boston Point (now City Point), at the eastern extremity of Fourth Street, to a point near the intersection of Broadway and Turnpike Street (now Dorchester Avenue), where it merged with the tracks of the Dorchester Avenue Railroad. In 1868 the company changed its name to the South Boston Railroad.
By the 1860s the South Boston was one of the four principal street railways of the Boston area, together with the Metropolitan, Union/Cambridge, and Middlesex. Of the four, it was generally on the smaller size, with a passenger count of 4.3 million in 1869 and 6.1 million a decade later.
In early 1887 the railroad experienced a worker's strike that lasted for over a month, causing significant disruptions in service.
In 1887 the West End Street Railway gained a controlling interest in the South Boston, and the railroad was formally consolidated into the West End on November 12 of that year.
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