Mansfield, MA, 1940. Workers Clearing Snow at RR Station After Big Snow Storm.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted February 6, 2021

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This station is along the main (now Amtrak) route between Boston and Providence (and well beyond). The 8-crossarm telegraph line you see was a significant backbone for Western Union messages between these points and further.

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