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Berlin Street

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E. W. Bailey & Company Flour & Grist Mill from across the river. The river is spanned by a steel bridge and a few railway cars are next to the riverbank.

535 and 575 Stone Cutters Way

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Montpelier was served by two railroads, the Central Vermont coming through Montpelier Junction to the west and the Montpelier and Wells River (MWRR) coming from the Barre to the east. The shops of the MWRR lined the banks of the Winooski River where…

Fig. 47. Montpelier and Wells River Railroad yard, c.1934.

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A boy looks out of the cabin of this Montpelier and Wells River locomotive on the turntable in the railroad yard, c.1934. The turntable still exists on Stone Cutter Way.

Fig. 46. Railroad Yards, 1929.

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Railroad Yards of the Montpelier & Wells River and Central Vermont Railroads, as seen from the top of the E. W. Bailey Grain elevator, 1929. The number of tracks here has been reduced to one and the area is now known as Stone Cutters Way.

Fig. 19. Montpelier & Wells River shop facilities

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Montpelier & Wells River engine house, shop facilities, and turntable at Montpelier, between 1873-1907.