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name change to Cape Cod Railroad in 1854 Wareham to Sandwich May 29, 1848 12.9 mi or 20.8 km Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company: 1872 name change to Cape Cod Railroad in 1854 Sandwich to Hyannis July 8, 1854 16.7 mi or 26.9 km Cape Cod Railroad Company: 1872 name changed from Cape Cod Branch Railroad on February 22, 1854 Yarmouth to Orleans
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]
On February 22, 1854, the Cape Cod Branch Railroad was renamed the Cape Cod Railroad Company. [2] In the spring of 1854, construction continued, with the railroad reaching Barnstable village May 8, Yarmouth Port May 19, and finally Hyannis on July 8, 1854. [ 3 ]
The Bisbee Mill is a historic gristmill at 66 East Street in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Located on the Dead Branch of the Westfield River, the mill complex includes a wood frame mill building, along with its former mill pond, impounded by a dam across the river, and a canal that brought river water to the mill for power. Also included on the ...
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management limits its definition of the South Shore to the municipalities between Boston Harbor and Cape Cod, which includes Atlantic coastal and coastal watershed areas "from the three-mile (5 km) limit of the state territorial sea to 100 feet (30 m) beyond the first major land transportation route encountered (a road, highway, rail line, etc.)". [4]
Also called the Jonathan Corwin House, this was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is the only structure still standing in Salem, Massachusetts, with direct ties to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The house is now a museum operated by the City of Salem, and is open seasonally. Hoxie House: Sandwich c. 1675: One of the oldest houses on Cape Cod.
In 2012, Chicago-based Iowa Pacific Holdings acquired Cape Rail, Inc and its subsidiaries Mass Coastal and Cape Cod Central. [8] After Iowa Pacific collapsed in 2020, MassCoastal and Cape Cod Central were bought by P. Christopher Podgurski, a Cape Cod native. Mass Coastal took over CSX tracks from Taunton, MA to Fall River and New Bedford, MA. [9]
[4] [5]: 2 In circa 1805, Gardner became a center for lumber and furniture industries, and is now known as "The Chair City" and "The Furniture Capital of New England", due to its long history of production in that industry. [6] By 1910, there were twenty chair factories, which produced four million chairs per year.