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Title: By trolley through eastern New England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Derrah, Robert H., comp
Subjects: New England -- Description and travel Guidebooks
Publisher: Boston, Mass.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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e Laban Wheaton. The PublicLibrary was the gift of Mrs. Wheaton and the Town Hallwas the gift of Nathaniel Newcomb. Anotherbranch runs eastto Taunton, pastthe old copperworks, where theblanks weremade for the oldcopper cents ;thence throughNorton Furnace,where a foundrywas establishedin 1695. Thisline runsthrough the vil-lage of Oakland,past WoodwardSprings, a publicpark, before en-tering Taunton. The main line south from Norton runs through the vil-lage of Chartley, with its large jewelry factories, to thevillage of Attleboro, settled in 1669, established as a townOctober 19,1694. About fifty jewelry and plating works arein full operation here, sending their products all over theworld. At this point a branch line runs to Taunton via Rehoboth to Taun-ton Green. (See Taunton branch lines.) Another line runs north toPlainville, Wrentbam, Lake Pearl and Franklin, there connecting withanother line to Woonsocket, Blackstone, Millbury and Worcester, fol-lowing closely the Blackstone Valley.
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Old Tavern, Norwood Have you a Wiachester Heater in your cellar? 78 BY TROLLEY THROUGH From Attleboro the main line runs south to Pawtucket,incorporated as a town 1828. This was formerly wdthinthe limits of Seekonk. The first manufacture of cottoncloth by machinery, run by water power, was at this place.The water power is very great and the fall of the riverwithin a short distance is fifty feet. The Bristol County line also connects Pawtucket andTaunton. From Pawtucket the route may be resumed toProvidence, settled in 1636. The First Church was organ-ized in 1720, St. Johns in 1722, and the First BaptistChurch in 1775. A short distance away may be seen theTillinghast Mansion, 299 Main Street, 1710; Brown Uni-versity Hall, 1770; Gammell Mansion, 1786; DeputyGovernor Elisha Browns House, 1761, and Roger Wil-liams Park, one of the finest in New England, are amongthe sights of interest. There are manypleasant trolley trips out of Providence,reaching the delightful summer resorts and also

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