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Title: By trolley through eastern New England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Derrah, Robert H., comp
Subjects: New England -- Description and travel Guidebooks
Publisher: Boston, Mass.

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ng lovely Corey Hill. Running through a succession of pleasant groves ofpine, with comfortable houses set back among pleasantlawns on either side, the car comes to the village of New-ton Upper Falls, where connections may be made for allparts of the Newtons, Highlandville and Needham. Fromthe top of the hill at Newton Upper Falls there is a wideview over the valley of the Charles River, or as the Indiancalled it, the Quinnobequin. At the foot of this hill is a bridge across the CharlesRiver, and looking to the left one may see the famousHemlock Gorge Reservation, a great pleasure groundwhere thousands go every week in summer to find recrea-tion. The picturesque charm of the river, the groves offragrant pine and hemlock, and the glimpses of wild natureon either hand make this one of the most delightful spotsto be found on the journey. Echo Bridge, the aqueductwhich carries Bostons water supply across the Gorge, hasbecome famous for its repeating echo. Wlacbester Heaters heat homes best
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Hemlock Gorge Reservation EASTERN NEW ENCLAND 87 Leaving the reservation the car goes through thegreen woods where scenes of pastoral beauty add to thedelights of travel. At Wellesley Hills, one of the prettiestof Bostons suburban towns, cars may be taken for Welles-ley, Natick and South Natick. The car goes alongWorcester Street, through a section lined with houses withshaded roads and openings, through which there are viewsof fertile farms and meadows. At North Natick connec-tions may be made with cars for Natick, Cochituate andWayland, situate on the banks of the charming SudburyRiver as it flows northwards. The car speeds on to theroad over Lake Cochituate, a beautiful sheet of waterextending from the central portion of the town and alongthe borders of Framingham and Wayland. Then there isa run over long reaches of straight track, with hardly ahouse in sight, leaving the passenger near to nature andgiving him a variety of scenery which can hardly be sur-passed. Ahead may be seen t

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