Charlestown Elevated

Charlestown Elevated
City Square Station
Type	Elevated railway
place	Massachusetts United States
Number of stations	5
Route system	Boston Elevated Railway Orange Line
opening	1901
closure	1975
Legend Everett (opened 1919) Mystic River Sullivan Square Thompson Square City Square Charles River Atlantic Avenue Elevated (r) North Station

The Charlestown Elevated was designed as an elevated section of today's Boston Orange Line subway in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . The route led from the rise on Canal Street near Boston Garden via Charlestown to Everett . Construction of the line began in 1899, and the first trains rolled over the tracks in June 1901.

The Orange Line was diverted to Malden via a mixed underground and surface route in 1975 ; the new Washington Street Elevated route followed in 1987. Shortly before the new Orange Line route opened on April 7, 1975, the Charlestown Elevated route was opened on April 4th. Closed April 1975.

Shortly after it was shut down, the line was demolished. Remnants of the bridge over the Mystic River still stand north of the Route 99 bridge on Alford Street , and some piers of varying sizes recall the rise on Canal Street . In the middle of the Charlestown Bridge remains of the elevation can also be seen. The Tower C , which at the junction between the Charlestown Elevated and the Atlantic Avenue Elevated was, was in the Seashore Trolley Museum added.

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  Construction phase, 1899

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  Elevated railway on Canal Street rise

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  Sullivan Square Station , 1905

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  The Charlestown Bridge , 1929

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  This MBTA map from 1967-1969 shows the route of the Charlestown Elevated

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  Remnants of Canal Street Incline

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  Pillar on the Charlestown Bridge

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  Pillar in Sullivan Square

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  Bridge piers of the former bridge over the Mystic River

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charlestown Postcards . WITH. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Main Line Elevated Photos . Celebrate Boston. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Charlestown Elevated  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• The Alford Street on Google Maps Street View
• Historic photos from Charlestown