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NRGeep wrote:Just wondering if there was a siding for the old mental hospital near the Fairmont line in Mattapan?What time period are you wondering about? I can check employee timetables for any mention but it would be much easier if I knew the dates you are interested in.
NRGeep wrote:How about 1920? Though Mr CarterB's research dosn't make it seem promising that there was a siding for the now long closed asylum. That would be unusual for a large hospital built before 1932. How was the coal for their power plant delivered before heavy trucks? Perhaps power came from an off site facility.Best I could do was a 1921 employee timetable for lines east and found no reference to anything re: Boston State Hospital.
Noel Weaver wrote:Thank you sir. It also went by the name of Matapan State Hospital for what it's worth.NRGeep wrote:How about 1920? Though Mr CarterB's research dosn't make it seem promising that there was a siding for the now long closed asylum. That would be unusual for a large hospital built before 1932. How was the coal for their power plant delivered before heavy trucks? Perhaps power came from an off site facility.Best I could do was a 1921 employee timetable for lines east and found no reference to anything re: Boston State Hospital.
Noel Weaver
highwayman wrote:As a life long resident of Forest Hills, I can say that Mattapan state hospital was never close enough to a railroad to be serviced by one. It was located on Walk hill street about halfway between Forest Hills and Mattapan.Upon further research, Mattapan State Hospital and Boston State Hospital were different hospitals. Boston State was fairly close to the Fairmount line on Morton st (rt 203). Perhaps the incoming and (rarely) outgoing patients used Morton st station. Still a mystery how coal got there in the 19th century...
Backshophoss wrote:This might be a streach; Was there freight (coal) delivered via the streetcar tracks?Sure could have been. I know the New Haven did that at places in Connecticut.
