Friday, February 24, 2023

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Massachusetts

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS
Western Railroad Bridges & Chester Factory Village Depot, Chester, Middlefield and Becket

Pioneering railroad engineering effort from the 1840s that proved it was possible to cross mountainous terrain using friction alone.


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