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The first subway system was located in the Western Hemisphere which was in Boston, cool right ⁉️ Then Thomas Williams started a ferry service between the North End and Charlestown. In the Late 1700s, stagecoach connected between Boston and Cambridge

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The Late ⌚️19th Century - Going Electric ⚡️ 

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The Late ⌚️19th Century - Going Electric ⚡️ 

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Boston had one of the largest street railway operations in the U.S with 8k+ horses. 🐎 🐎 🐎 The electric powered streetcars were pollutions free. 🤩  They were also faster 💨 with 10-15 miles per hour vs. 5 - 6 per hour. They also held more people per trip

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 1897 - The Hemispheres 🌍 First Subway 🚊 Emerges 🤯 

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 1897 - The Hemispheres 🌍 First Subway 🚊 Emerges 🤯 

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The first subway is created by the Rapid Transit COmmission, which the governor and Bostons mayor appointed in 1191 which I got from Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The subway started in Tremont Street in Wednesday, September 1, 1897

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Early 20th century: Boston Rises 🔛🔝 Above 👆 

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Early 20th century: Boston Rises 🔛🔝 Above 👆 

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After a groundbreaking ceremony 😭 on Jan. 20, 1899, the company built 7 miles of olive green elevated track, 10 rises station and two large multi-level terminals. The company also got 150 cars 🚘

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The system was considered a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, and served the 14 cities and towns that were considered to be metro Boston: Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Milton, Newton, Revere, Somerville, and Watertown.

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Almost immediately after its inception, the MBTA applied for Federal Funding to modernize 10 mass transit stations: Copley, Maverick, Prudential, Orient Heights, Government Center/Blue and Green Lines, Fields Corner, Columbia, Kenmore, Haymarket, and Arlington

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By 2009, the MBTA was put under the Massachusetts Department of Transportation MassDOT umbrella. But, in the past 10 years, the stories of the troubled MBTA and its T have continued to unfold, much of which can be brought back to its age, its debt, its backlog of repairs, and the population growth of the region it services