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Thomas Williams started a ferry service between the north end and Charlestown.

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Boston had one of the largest street rail. Electric streetcars started showing up everywhere getting more and more popular.

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1897: The hemispheres first subway emerges.

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1897: The hemispheres first subway emerges.

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This may not come as a surprise to modern day T users but back the the trains were very congested.

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A company built 7 miles of olive green elevated tracks, 10 elevated stations, and 2 large multilevel terminals.

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The quasi-governmental MTA took over the EL in 1947

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The final EL track was demolished in 2004

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T ridership rose during the 1970s further exposing the aging systems problems.