Harvard Branch Railroad - Cambridge, MA - Massachusetts Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This sign reads:

"Harvard Branch Railroad

STEAM TRAINS RAN TO BOSTON VIA SOMERVILLE
FROM A STATION ON THIS SITE
BETWEEN 1849 AND 1855"

Wikipedia (visit link) adds:

"The Harvard Branch Railroad was a short-lived branch from the Fitchburg Railroad to Harvard Square and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Part of the former right-of-way is now used by Museum Street.

The company was incorporated April 24, 1849, and soon built a line 0.70 miles long from just west of Somerville station on the Fitchburg Railroad (at Park Street) southwest to Harvard. On April 19, 1854 it was authorized to abandon the line, and did so in 1855. The Cambridge Railroad started running to Harvard from Boston in 1856 as a street railway, via a different route."

Agency Responsible for Placement: Unknown Year Placed: unknown County: Middlesex City/Town Name: Cambridge Relevant Web Site: [Web Link] Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed

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