The History of the T by Gavin Kirk https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h en-us 2023-10-16 17:37:29 UTC 2023-10-19 13:53:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Before the T: Horsepower gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2749328336 First subway system in Western hemisphere was in Boston. Thomas Williams started a ferry service between the North End and Charlestown. Late 1700s stagecoach connected Boston and Cambridge ]]> 2023-10-16 17:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2749328336 Late 19th Century: Going Electric gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2750777591 Electric streetcars started to show up everywhere. Whitney created an electric train route.

]]> 2023-10-17 13:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2750777591 1897: The Hemisphere’s First Subway Emerges gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751418349 2023-10-17 19:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751418349 Early 20th century: Boston Rises Above gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751420428 2023-10-17 19:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751420428 1940s: Change Brewing gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751422150 2023-10-17 19:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751422150 1960s: Goodbye, El—Hello, MBTA gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751428299 The orange line got torn down and demolished in 2004. Then they started the Massachusetts bay transportation in 1964

]]> 2023-10-17 19:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751428299 1970sUntil Now: A Tumultuous Time gjkirk29_ https://padlet.com/gjkirk29_/owh4s87i5sdbny5h/wish/2751433108 On December 6 the T had to shut down for a day from a lock of funds.
‘No more trains, one T worker told incoming passengers.” 

“For how long?” One as she turned around. 

“Maybe forever,” he answered with a smile.


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