Originally published in 1919, The Turnpikes of New England is still the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of these historic roads, some of which continue to serve our communities today. Abridged to appeal to modern readers, this new edition retains Wood's well-researched, lively historical accounts of more than 250 roads in the six New England states originally built as toll roads for stagecoaches, carriages, and wagons in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over 200 of the original volume's photographs have been reprinted here, capturing the history and flavor of an era past.
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"The 23-page introduction lays out the whole ill-fated and largely forgotten turnpike movement, and being of most general interest, it is the heart of the book. The rest is a reference work, useful to those who want to know about a particular road or area... On the whole, though, 'The Turnpikes of New England' deserves its new lease on life and is worth the time of anyone interested in local or transportation history." -- The Day, New London, CT, October 28, 1997
"The present work is exceptional among productions of its class...There is a fine balance in the treatment of the engineering, the economic and the archaeological aspects of the turnpikes and toll-bridges, and for this reason the work may be safely commended to the general reader...It is written in a fascinating style, full of good humor, replete with stories and historical incidents, and its enthusiastic verve carries the reader from start to finish." -- Boston Evening Transcript, January 28, 1920
"The present work is exceptional among productions of its class...There is a fine balance in the treatment of the engineering, the economic and the archaeological aspects of the turnpikes and toll-bridges, and for this reason the work may be safely commended to the general reader...It is written in a fascinating style, full of good humor, replete with stories and historical incidents, and its enthusiastic verve carries the reader from start to finish." -- Boston Evening Transcript, January 28, 1920
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Author Frederic J. Wood was an 1888 graduate of MIT who worked as a civil engineer in railroading and fire prevention and lived for many years in Brookline, MA. He spent ten years in the early part of this century doing comprehensive research and field work for this book. Ronald Dale Karr, a reference librarian at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, holds a Ph.D. in history, teaches a course in New England history, and has written two rail history books and numerous historical articles.
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IN many New England towns will he found an old road locally known as "the turnpike," or the "old turnpike," over which are hovering romantic traditions of the glory of stage-coach days, while perhaps a dilapidated old building, standing close beside its now grass-grown pathway, is reverently pointed out as having occasionally been the temporary resting place of men great in our country's annals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
turnpike commenced, turnpike corporation, turnpike operation, locating committee, turnpike charter, one tollgate, turnpike company, branch turnpike, public layout, four mile stone, bridge corporation, old turnpike, disinterested freeholders, westerly end, easterly end, northerly end, southwesterly corner, southerly end, new turnpike, toll gatherer, present corner, company petitioned, westerly line, westerly part, northerly side Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Hampshire, New York, New Haven, New London, Connecticut River, New Milford, West Boston Bridge, Boston Turnpike, Washington Street, East Hartford, North Providence, South Boston, Housatonic River, White River, Worcester Turnpike, Mount Washington, New Bedford, United States, Bellows Falls, Fall River, Farmington River, Middlesex Turnpike, Ninth Massachusetts, North Attleboro, Fifth Massachusetts New!
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IN many New England towns will he found an old road locally known as "the turnpike," or the "old turnpike," over which are hovering romantic traditions of the glory of stage-coach days, while perhaps a dilapidated old building, standing close beside its now grass-grown pathway, is reverently pointed out as having occasionally been the temporary resting place of men great in our country's annals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
turnpike commenced, turnpike corporation, turnpike operation, locating committee, turnpike charter, one tollgate, turnpike company, branch turnpike, public layout, four mile stone, bridge corporation, old turnpike, disinterested freeholders, westerly end, easterly end, northerly end, southwesterly corner, southerly end, new turnpike, toll gatherer, present corner, company petitioned, westerly line, westerly part, northerly side Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Hampshire, New York, New Haven, New London, Connecticut River, New Milford, West Boston Bridge, Boston Turnpike, Washington Street, East Hartford, North Providence, South Boston, Housatonic River, White River, Worcester Turnpike, Mount Washington, New Bedford, United States, Bellows Falls, Fall River, Farmington River, Middlesex Turnpike, Ninth Massachusetts, North Attleboro, Fifth Massachusetts New!
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