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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., A pioneer railroad and how it was built. (search)
ill, Jesse Bowers, Wm. Sturgis, Daniel Abbott, Higginson and Storrow, shared honors with the Indian chiefs Paugus and Pennichuck. Sentiment found expression in a Factory Girl, Sailor Boy, and Leader. The counties of Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex, all the towns along the line as well as the terminal cities were each represented. The Bible furnished the names of Goliath and Samson and heathen mythology was laid under tribute, furnishing Hector, Ajax, Vulcan, Mercury, Mars, Vesta, Hercules. Count Rumford had a namesake, also the Peruvian hero Rolla. The bird of freedom was n't forgotten for there was an Eagle as also a Lion, Tiger and Leopard. A whole menagerie. Of course it will be understood that these enumerated were added as the years passed and business increased. Some were of a type now disused, called inside connection; i. e., the cylinders were close together under the front end of the boiler, and these required a cranked axle for the forward pair of driving wheels. Nearly