On January 26, 1848, the first section of the Cape Cod Branch Railroad opened in southeastern Massachusetts. The 14.7-mile section ran between the towns of Middleborough and Wareham in Plymouth County. By May of that year, an additional 12.9 miles of railroad track had been added, extending the railroad to the town of Sandwich on Cape Cod.
“The main track is now completed, and in good running order, and well equipped,” noted the Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company in its 1849 annual report to...
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