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Getting There from Here :
1600s |
| England to Plymouth via ship Mayflower |
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66 days |
| Plymouth to Nemasket (Middleboro) on foot via Nemasket Trail |
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6 hours |
| Plymouth to Duxbury via small boat |
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2 hours |
| Plymouth to trading posts in Maine via shallop |
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3-4 days |
| Plymouth to Boston via shallop |
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8-16 hours |
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Getting There from Here :
1700s |
| 1713 |
Marshfield to Boston on horseback |
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9-10 hours |
| 1720 |
Boston to Bristol, RI, via stagecoach, connect at Bristol to
Newport, sea connections |
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1 1/2 days |
| 1760s |
Kingston, MA, to the West Indies and back via coasting brig |
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2 months |
| 1773 |
NEW! Stagecoach service, Boston to New York |
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1 week |
| 1776 |
National Postal Service mail via horseback |
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Cambridge to Plymouth |
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28 hours |
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Plymouth to Sandwich |
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5-6 hours |
| 1796 |
NEW! Stagecoach service, Boston to Plymouth |
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10 hours |
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Getting There from Here :
1800s |
| 1818 |
NEW! Steamship Eagle's first voyage, Boston
to Plymouth |
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8 hours |
| 1835 |
NEW! Railroad, Boston to Providence |
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1 1/2 hours |
| 1840s |
Steamship service, Boston to Plymouth |
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3 1/2-4 hours |
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Packet boats from Plymouth to Boston |
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8-16 hours |
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Stagecoach service, Boston to Plymouth |
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3 1/2 hours |
| 1845 |
NEW! Old Colony Railroad, Braintree to
Plymouth via Abington |
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2 hours |
| 1854 |
New York to Fall River via "Metropolis" |
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8 3/4 hours |
| 1849 |
Gold Rush Special! Boston to San Francisco via brig Attila |
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170 days |
| 1897 |
Plymouth to Boston by express railroad |
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1 1/2 hours |
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Plymouth to Boston by regular railroad |
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2 hours |
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Getting There
from Here : 1900s |
| 1914 |
NEW! Cape Cod Canal cuts 7 hours off
journey! Boston to New York via steamer Bunker Hill |
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13 1/2 hours |
| 1916 |
Plymouth to Brockton via streetcar |
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2 1/2 hours |
| 1935 |
NEW! Streamlined diesel train service,
Boston to Providence |
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44 minutes |
| 1935 |
Boston to Plymouth via excursion boat |
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3 hours |
| 1930s |
Plymouth to Boston via Route 3 (53) |
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2 hours??? |
| 1936 |
NEW! Chartered air service, Plymouth to
Hyannis |
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30 minutes |
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Plymouth to Boston |
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25 minutes |
| 1949 |
Bus service, Plymouth to Boston |
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1 1/2 hours |
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Plymouth to Brockton |
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1 hour |
| 1964 |
NEW! Plymouth to Boston via superhighway
(Route 3) |
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1 hour |
| 1990s |
Plymouth to Boston via chartered corporate airflight |
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15 minutes |
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