. Fitchburg past and present . In 1847 and 1848 Mr. Crocker delivered several hundred lectures in behalf of the Troy and Boston Railroad and the Hoosac Tunnel, doing prob-ably more than any other man in the State to ensure the completion of the Tunnel, and was one of the commissioners when the work was put intothe hands of the State. Besides the railroad enterprises to which so much of Mr. Crockers life was devoted, a greater work was undertaken atTurners Falls. A dam having a fall of thirty feet and a capacity of horse power was built, and from that time to the close of his life thedar
. Fitchburg past and present . In 1847 and 1848 Mr. Crocker delivered several hundred lectures in behalf of the Troy and Boston Railroad and the Hoosac Tunnel, doing prob-ably more than any other man in the State to ensure the completion of the Tunnel, and was one of the commissioners when the work was put intothe hands of the State. Besides the railroad enterprises to which so much of Mr. Crockers life was devoted, a greater work was undertaken atTurners Falls. A dam having a fall of thirty feet and a capacity of horse power was built, and from that time to the close of his life thedaring projector worked hard and spent large sums of money to develop the enterprise and make it a grand CHARLES HENRY COMEE (1840-1878). Was for nine years in Vermont & Massachusetts railroad office asclerk for Supl. Ruggles, and Assistant Superintendent of the Fitchburg rail-road from 1874 to time of his death. OTIS T. RUGCLES (1829-1877). Was Superintendent of the Vermont & Massachusetts railroad from1851 to 1874. FITCHBURG RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE •■VERMONT. From a picture taken at South Acton about iienuissioii of G. F. Starbuik, Wnltluini. 286 t <«S»«f w* A i^
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