. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . nd renamed Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad, inApril, 1863, and in November of the same year wasleased to the Boston and Maine for a rental of $29,000 ayear, and finally absorbed by it on June 30, 1892. Through its connection with the Wimiipiseogee Rail-road, the Boston and Maine became interested in steam-boats running on Lake Winnipiseogee, or Wmnepesaukee,which is the modern way of spelling the name. Thesewere, at first, the Dover, a wooden side-wheeler, builtin 1852, afterwards ret)uilt and called the C
. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . nd renamed Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad, inApril, 1863, and in November of the same year wasleased to the Boston and Maine for a rental of $29,000 ayear, and finally absorbed by it on June 30, 1892. Through its connection with the Wimiipiseogee Rail-road, the Boston and Maine became interested in steam-boats running on Lake Winnipiseogee, or Wmnepesaukee,which is the modern way of spelling the name. Thesewere, at first, the Dover, a wooden side-wheeler, builtin 1852, afterwards ret)uilt and called the Chocorua ;she measured about 400 tons, 170 feet long, and 32 feetbeam. In 1872, the Boston and Maine had the side-wheel steamboat Mount Washington l)uilt at Lakeportespecially for traffic on the lake. She is 750 tons gross,180 feet long, 5 1-2 feet draft, and is fitted with a power-ful vertical beam engine. As the Mount Washington isrun only a few months in the summer in fresh water, sheis still in active service and l)ids fair to last many yearslonc-i-r, having been rcbinlt in TYPE OF RAILROAD TRAIN OF ABOUT 1850 SHOWING THEBAGGAGE CRATE
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