Identifier: bytrolleythrough1904derr (find matches)
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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amer on her return to Boston.) The Gloucester Electrics offer delightful rides, either to Rocky Neck onthe east side of the harbor, or to Lanesville on the north side of the Cape. Noride in Essex County presents more diversified scenery of land and sea thanthe latter, and the stay of the steamer at Gloucester allows sufficient time forits enjoyment. Steamers of this Line Leave North Side Central Wharf, foot ofState Street Elevated Station stairs. Telephone See Boston Daily Papers for Time Table of Steamers E. S. MERCHANT . . Treasurer and General Manager, Boston Ask at the Soda Foun^tain for a Class ofJS Qs^Q^ 5 Cents a ClassDelicious : B^efreshing ALL THE WAY BY WATER! ; VIA B JOY N E OS LINE W T Y THROUGH o O LONG ISLAND R N SOUND ■ m K BY DAYLIGHT Folders and Information on Request. B. D. PITTS, Agt., 308 Congress St., Boston. W. E. ARNOLD, 6.P.A., Pier 35, E.B., New York. oo z n —) PO 5C m ^; 73 H m 3=a zr. ^ u: —) TD isi s r::^ CO 71 z Xa CD 70 (X) :^ > H :^ era ^ :Ea oo
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9( tctfleIod c 1 Gurney Steam ana nui naioi ..— EASTERN NEW ENGLAND 91 than water from the noted sulphur spring which is nearthe tavern. The country in Shrewsbury is broken and uneven, anda succession of hills and valleys greets the eye of thetraveller, unfolding a panorama of beautiful landscapes.To the southwest is Prospect Hill, which overlooks LakeQuinsigamond, forming a silver bow nearly four miles longbetween Shrewsbury and Worcester. There is ahead aview of the buildings of the State Insane Asylum atWorcester, on the slope of a green carpeted hill. Descending the hill, the car comes to a bridge acrossthe beautiful lake, which takes the place of the famousBoston & Worcester Turnpike bridge. This was built bysinking wooden cob-house piers to the bottom of the lake,sixty or seventy feet. The central pier was sixty by sixtyfeet and the others sixty by thirty feet and placed aboutthirty feet apart. These piers were sunk by weighting, butnever secured a firm and even foundation

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