Looking north on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner circa 1910

The Dorchester Railroad and Dorchester Extension Railroad was a horse car line in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 19th century, running from downtown south to Milton, mostly via Dorchester Avenue (the old Dorchester Turnpike). For several years, it was operated by Gore, Rose and Company, owned by David Gore and George Rose, because the original company could not afford to run it. A horsecar was an animal-powered streetcar (or tram). ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...   Milton is a suburban Boston town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Dorchester Avenue (sometimes called Dot Ave) is a street in Boston, Massachusetts, running from downtown south via South Boston and Dorchester to the border with Milton, where it continues as Adams Street. ...

The Dorchester Avenue Railroad was chartered April 29, 1854, opened in spring 1857, and bought by the Dorchester Railroad (chartered April 29, 1855) in January 1858. The Dorchester Extension Railroad was chartered February 18, 1855. Both were leased to Gore, Rose and Company, which operated the line from June 1, 1858 to 1862. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Spring is one of the four seasons of temperate zones, the transition from winter into summer. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

An 1871 map shows the downtown end continuing from Dorchester Avenue along Federal Street to Dewey Square, and then along Broad Street (now partly Atlantic Avenue) to a terminus at State Street, with no connections to any other lines. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It lies at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer Street, Federal Street, Purchase Street and Surface Artery, with the Central Artery (I-93) passing underneath in the Dewey Square Tunnel and Big Dig. ... Atlantic Avenue is a street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, USA, partly serving as a frontage road for the underground Central Artery (I-93) and partly running along the Boston Harbor. ...

The railroad later became a surface trolley line of the West End Street Railway and then the Boston Elevated Railway. It no longer carries a single service (which would now be bus) because the Red Line subway parallels Dorchester Avenue for its entire length. A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... By 1925, streetcars were gone from most downtown streets. ... By 1925, streetcars were gone from most downtown streets. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... View of Boston from the Red Line An MBTA Red Line train leaving Charles/MGH station bound for Alewife. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway—usually in an urban area—with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...

The railroad was one of the first street railways in Boston, coming soon after the Cambridge Railroad (opened March 1856). a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... The Cambridge Railroad was the first street railway in the Boston, Massachusetts area, linking Harvard Square in Cambridge to Cambridge Street and Grove Street in Bostons West End, via Massachusetts Avenue, Main Street and the West Boston Bridge. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• Railroad History Database
• A Genealogy Biography - Coates