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The Charlestown Elevated was a former link of Boston's Orange Line rapid transit line that ran from a portal at North Station, near the old Boston Garden, to the city of Everett, Massachusetts. It was rerouted to Malden via an underground route and demolished in 1975, the first of two major realignments of the Orange Line. Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government - Governor Deval Patrick (D) Area - City 89. ... The Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the MBTA. It extends from Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, Boston in the south to Oak Grove in Malden, Massachusetts in the north. ... Platforms at North Station North Station, located at Causeway and Nashua Streets, in Boston, Massachusetts is a major transportation hub. ... The Boston Garden was a famous arena built in 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts near Boston. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1640 Incorporated 1649 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor Richard C. Howard Area - City 5. ...

Stations were as follows:

North Station

City Square Station, Charlestown

Thompson Square Station, Charlestown

Sullivan Square, Charlestown

Everett Station (terminal), Everett

Platforms at North Station North Station, located at Causeway and Nashua Streets, in Boston, Massachusetts is a major transportation hub. ... Birdseye view of Boston, Charlestown, and Bunker Hill between 1890 and 1910. ... Old elevated configuration, elevated in red and upper level streetcar loop in blue Sullivan Square is a station on the MBTA rapid transit Orange Line, and a major bus transfer point, at Sullivan Square, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It was also a major transfer point on the old Charlestown Elevated... Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts near Boston. ...

Category: Rapid transit stubs The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [2] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... The Washington Street Elevated was an elevated segment of Bostons Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway system, comprising the southern stretch of the Orange Line (named after the original name for a section of Washington St, Orange St. ...

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Charlestown Business Association - history of Charlestown, Massachusetts - where the battle of Bunker Hill took place, ... (1718 words)
	Charlestown, Massachusetts, named for King Charles I, was settled by English colonists in 1628 and was located on a peninsula known as "Mishawum" by the Native Americans.
	On January 1, 1874 Charlestown was officially annexed to the City of Boston and its landscape changed drastically with the advent of the elevated streetcar or the "El" in the early 20th century.
	Accessible by the Charlestown Bridge or officially the North Washington Street Bridge, which connects the North End and City Square, the town is known for its restored early nineteenth-century houses, the redeveloped Navy Yard, gas lamps, and the Bunker Hill Monument.

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