1940 Photo of the old United Shoe Athletic Assn Headquarters on MacKay St. in Beverly before it became Beverly Golf & Tennis. Photo taken by Conrad F. Bowden supplied by David N. Murray
BHYC member launching their boat. Pictured are Nathaniel Chase (winching boat), Jack Murray (in boat) and David Murray (child standing). Mr. Chase was a club member and executive at New England Telephone. He was responsible for changing the telephone offices in New England from crank to dial in the 1950s. Photo taken by Conrad F. Bowden supplied by David N. Murray
April 23, 1904 Photo from the Bass River up towards Park St. by the Mass Elec. propertyPhotographer Unknown supplied by Bob Davenport
A picture of the B&M Railroad bridge over Federal St. near River St. Note the old fashioned semaphore railroad signals and the steam locomotive in the background. Circa 1905 Photo taken by Bert Hanlon family supplied by David N. Murray
Circa 1905 photo of the B&MRR Elliott Street crossing. Note the electric bell box on the white pole (one bell for each direction), the cobblestones, and the Danvers trolley car tracks that intersect the B&M train tracks at this crossing. New England Telephone & Telegraph leased the right to set telegraph poles along the railway.
The crossing gates were manually lowered by two gears, cranked by the crossing guard on the southeast corner (not pictured in this photo). Rotating underground metal rods simultaneously turned the gears on the gates on the far side of the roadway. When a train was approaching one of the electric bells began to ring automatically when the train hit a trip wire located far down the tracks. Hearing the electric bell, the crossing guard came out of his shack, blew a loud police whistle, waved a red flag, then lowered the gates. At the time, there were 4 gates, making it impossible to violate the crossing when a train was passing. Automatic gates were installed in the 1960s.Photo taken by (unknown) supplied by the family of the late Bert Hanlon.
Here is a 1939 photo of the USMC passenger train crossing Elliot Street near McKay Street. This train passed by the foundry and along near the entrance gate of the USMC boat club when it was running, taking passengers to Boston. Photo taken by Conrad Bowden supplied by David N. Murray
Here is a 1939 photo of the USMC passenger train crossing Elliot Street near McKay Street. This train passed by the foundry and along near the entrance gate of the USMC boat club when it was running, taking passengers to Boston. Photo taken by Conrad Bowden supplied by David N. Murray
1906 photo of Edward A. Crowell, a house builder in Beverly in the early 1900's, waiting for the tide at the end of Dock Lane.Photo taken by Conrad F. Bowden (USMC Pattern Shop) supplied by David N. Murray
1906 photo of Edward A. Crowell, a house builder in Beverly in the early 1900's, making repairs to the boat he built, at the end of Dock Lane.Photo taken by Conrad F. Bowden (USMC Pattern Shop) supplied by David N. Murray