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Winthrop Railroads and Ocean Spray Grow in 1870s Era
In Winthrop and Orient Heights the rail link to Boston evolved from a horse-car line to a steam system, with towns purchasing the road for 20700 dollars and expanding to Cottage Hill and Great Head. The Ocean Spray district flourished with rapid cottage building, a monster clam bake anniversary, brass bands, fireworks, and early plans for Shirley street widening, while notable locals and events shaped the town's early rail and seaside development.
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Winthrop
Orient Heights
Winthrop Junction
Boston
John H. Butnam
Dave Matthews
Samuel G. Irwin
Ingalls
Irwin
Samuel Irwin
Point Shirley
Belle Isle Inlet
Great Head
Pleasant St
Buchanan St
High St
Rowe's Wharf
Ually
Shirley St
Forrest St
Winthrop Shore Drive
Captain Irwin
E. C. Gilman
Boston, Winthrop
H. S. Soule
Albert Richardson
Charles E. Quimby
Clarence Parks
Edward Floyd
Frank H. Hills
Henry Otis Floyd
Cottage Hill Station
Beacon St
Shore Drive
Neptune Ave
Ocean Spray Station
Spray
Ocean’Spray
Winthrop Brass Se
Albert “Richardson
Owass Gay
Captain Ryder
William A. Clisby
Allen Atwood
Noah Little
J. H. Jessup
Mr. Clisby
Great Fiead
Taft’s
Nahant
Deer Island
Telegraph Hill
Benjamin Franklin Dean
Greater Brewster Island
Augustus Russ
Middle Brewster Island
Alexander McDonald
W. S. Ripley
Wakefield
Brewsters
James Helcher
Lewis Lake Creek
Ella Parker
Captain Parker
Otis Floyd
Nile
F. H., Lewis
Belfast
Maine
Cambridgeport
Charles S. Tewksbury
Charles F. Crosby
James Alexander
Cunard Line
Point Shirley Beach
Massachusetts Legislative Committee
Boston Land Company
Darwin E. Ware
Point ‘Shirley
Great Fawn Bar
Winthrop Bar
Winthrop’s
Ocean Spray
Agassiz Museum
Cambridge
John Wingate Thornton