Lynn_and_Boston_Street_Railway
The Lynn and Boston Railroad[1] was a streetcar railway chartered for operations between Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts in 1859.[2] Following a number of acquisitions, the railway was a part of a 1901 street railway merger that formed the Boston and Northern Street Railway.
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company developed and implemented electrification in Lynn on the Highland Circuit route of the Lynn & Boston, the first electrified streetcar in Massachusetts[3][4] with regular electric service begun November 19, 1888.[5][6] The electrified cars were able to ascend the steep 8% grade into the Lynn Highlands far easier than even a team of four horses.[7]