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Winnisimmet Street Railway

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The Winnisimmet Street Railway was a former streetcar railroad in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The railway was incorporated on May 26, 1857, as a horsecar railway, running between Chelsea's Prattville neighborhood and the Winnisimmet Ferry to Boston's North End.[1] The line was later leased to the Lynn and Boston Railroad.[2]

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  1. ^ "Boston Transit History". Celebrate Boston. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ "EARLY STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES (NORTH SUBURBS)". Chicago Transit & Railfan. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.