The Elevated

An ongoing assemblage of the Washington Street Elevated Railway. Formerly providing service to the Boston neighborhoods of the South End, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain from 1903 to 1987. The stations and elevated structure which dominated the environment of Washington St for 84 years was replaced in 1987 by the current Orange Line along the Southwest Corridor. The structure and stations were subsequently demolished.

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Photographed in 1987, just prior to the rerouting of Boston’s Orange Line and demolition of the El.  Opened in 1901, and extended in 1909 to Forest Hills, the line was previously known as the Main Line El.

Via Max Stern Photography

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Melissa Shook’s “Dover, the Orange Line, Washington Street.”

via ‘An Elevated View: The Orange Line,’ at the BPL, November 8 2012 Boston Globe 

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Line: MBTA Orange Line - Former Elevated Location: Washington Street Tunnel Portal (Main Line El)  Photo by: Joel Shanus

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Line: MBTA Orange Line - Former Elevated Location: Mass Pike Bridge (Main Line El)  Car: MBTA 01200 Series (Hawker-Siddley, 1980-1981)  Photo by: Bob Pickering Date: 1987 Notes: El section demolished 1987

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Line: MBTA Orange Line - Former Elevated Location: Mass Pike Bridge (Main Line El)  Car: MBTA 01200 Series (Hawker-Siddley, 1980-1981)  Photo by: Bob Pickering Date: 1/1987 Notes: El section demolished 1987

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Line: MBTA Orange Line - Former Elevated Location: Dover (Main Line El)  Car: MBTA 01100 Series (Pullman-Standard, 1957) 01150  Photo by: Joe Testagrose Date: 7/31/1979

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