Near the end of the 19th century, Boston needed to alleviate its heavily congested downtown traffic. The three-phase subway project, completed in about three years, was successful in reducing the… The post Boston Builds The First U.S. Subway System appeared first on New England Historical Society.| New England Historical Society
Peter Buck was a 35-year-old Yankee with a Ph.D. in physics. Fred Deluca was an Italian American teenager who grew up in a New York City housing project. They lived… The post The Unlikely Duo Behind Subway: A Physicist, a Teenager and a $1,000 Check appeared first on New England Historical Society.| New England Historical Society
The gundalow (from “gondola”) was a flat-bottomed sailing barge, akin to a scow, that first appeared in the Piscataqua River Region in the 17th century. It continued to assist in… The post The Gundalow: The Workhorse Barge of the Piscataqua River appeared first on New England Historical Society.| New England Historical Society
From Gloucester's fishing fleet to Civil War blockade runners, explore how the New England schooner -—'the most beautiful thing made by man'—- shaped maritime history. Meet the tragic Wyoming, the revolutionary America, and Maine's legendary shipbuilders.| New England Historical Society
