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Related Historical Markers
By Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2017
The 1873 Train Wreck Marker (wide view; looking north across the Merrimac Street bridge)
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1 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, Newburyport — The 1873 Train Wreck — at Merrimac Street, Newburyport —  |
| A misplaced switch forced a freight train onto a dead-end side track on May 23, 1873, and the 34-ton steam locomotive smashed through barriers and fell down the embankment to Merrimac Street below. The engineer and fireman jumped clear before the . . . — — Map (db m115587) HM | |||
| 2 ► Massachusetts, Essex County, Newburyport — Historic 1893 Newburyport Train Station — |
| A domed Victorian train station was built in 1893 behind where the Winter Street condominiums stand today. At the time, there were 32 trains traveling to Boston every day. The station operated for 75 years and was destroyed by fire on May 2, . . . — — Map (db m115590) HM | |||