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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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AL. (Vol. XXIV. No. 2. NEW CAR TERMINAL AND LARGE NEW THEATER FORNORUMBEGA PARK, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Reference has previously been made in the columns of theStreet Railway Journal to the attractive features of thisbeautiful park, but this year extensive improvements have beenmade, as were found necessary owing to its increasing popu-larity as a summer resort and the resulting large crowds whichfrequented the place last summer. Norumbega Park has grown point of the Charles River; at this spot the river is very broad,resembling a lake. The park has an area of about 12 acres,and has a long water frontage on account of the winding pathof the river. The park land is undulating in character, beingheavily wooded and in many places still remains very wild.The park management operates many amusements and attrac-tions in connection with the park, including a theater and also.a zoological garden. Particular attention is paid to the latterfeature; the best specimens of different animals are kept at
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The Boat House for Private Canoes. Cafe above Car Terminal Depot. Storage Station for Bicycles, Automobiles, Etc. Elk House in the Zoological Garden. An Amusement Feature—The Donkey Rides. TYPICAL VIEWS IN NORUMBEGA PARK, AUBURNDALE, MASS. to be one of the most beautiful resorts, as well as also probablythe most popular, in the Xew England States, being situatedas it is on the Charles River, amidst the most beautiful, wildand uncultivated surroundings, while not inconvenient of accessfrom Boston. An idea of its present popularity may be gainedfrom the fact that during last season the total attendance onSaturdays often reached 12,000 to 14,000, while upon LaborDay it reached the figure of 18,000. This park is operated by the Boston Suburban Electric Com-panies, which also controls the Commonwealth Street Railway,the Newton Street Railway and other important electric rail-way lines in the suburbs of Boston in the vicinity of Newton-ville and Waltham. As referred to in the former artic

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