Loading...
Street Railway Embrace and Resistance on the Massachusetts North Shore
Swindell, Matthew Swindell, Matthew
Swindell, Matthew
Swindell, Matthew
Citations
Altmetric:
Abstract
This thesis presents a history of embrace and distaste for street railways on the Massachusetts North Shore during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In some communities, the streetcar was desired as an economic stimulant and a vital transport method. In others, it was repulsed for fear of bringing undesirable elements. The divergent development of the North Shore, as an inclusive industrial center and an exclusive summer resort, divided the region between street railway embrace and resistance.
Title
Street Railway Embrace and Resistance on the Massachusetts North Shore
Date
2024-05-01
Subject
North Shore
Massachusetts
Trolley
History
Transportation
Massachusetts
Trolley
History
Transportation
Material type
Collections
Files
Abstract
This thesis presents a history of embrace and distaste for street railways on the Massachusetts North Shore during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In some communities, the streetcar was desired as an economic stimulant and a vital transport method. In others, it was repulsed for fear of bringing undesirable elements. The divergent development of the North Shore, as an inclusive industrial center and an exclusive summer resort, divided the region between street railway embrace and resistance.
Duration
Location
Advisor
Sponsor
Course
Department
History
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)