Industry Name (City/Station, State)

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Data

Dates of Operation

Year Day-Month Source Description Other Name(s) for Company
1923 02-Jan Imagination Incorporated in State of Mass "Original Name"
1929 02-Jul Imagination Moved here from Another Location Link
1937 02-Jan Imagination Changed name "Another Name"
1955 1955List Listed as Consignee in 1955 Industry list
1960 23-Dec Imagination Moved to Another Location Link
1962 23-Dec Imagination Site sold, buildings razed, new company built on site Another Industry Link

Location(s)

Street Address

Source Date Number/Street City State Notes
Imagination 1955 1234 Main St. Weston MA Had 3 buildings

Railroad Location

Source Date Division Branch Station Milepost Notes
1944List 1944 Fitchburg Central Mass Weston 12.34 c/o Someones Warehousing, Inc.
1955List 1955 Fitchburg Central Mass Weston 12.34 North side of tracks

[if they exist] Other locations (on the B&M) with this company name

State City Link
MA Waltham Another Location Link
NH Concord Another Location Link
VT Thetford Another Location Link

Commodities & Car Types

Source Date Commodities Car Types Shipped, Received, or Both?
Imagination 1947 Grain Boxcars Rec - 25 cars in 1944
Imagination 1955 Grain Boxcars Rec
Coal Hoppers, Gons Rec
Components Boxcars Rec
Widgets Boxcars Shipped

Maps or Plans

Source Date Comments Graphic
B&M track Chart1947 Chart for Weston showing spur [Graphic or link would be inserted here]
Phone Book 1981 Map showing streets [Link]
Sanborn Map 1956 Section of Fire Ins. Map [Link]
Model RailroaderDec, 1973 Plans of building [no link]

Logo or Advertisements

Source Date Graphic
Weston Directory1947 [Graphic or link would be inserted here]

Pictures

Date Source Page Location on page Description
1946 B1 25 Top Left Can be seen in background
1952 M1-July, 1985 15 Left East end of building to right of loco
1955 B2 23 Whole Page In background. Note repainted sign.

Other Notes

Date Source Note
1946 B1 This company received garbage and made widgets from it.
1952 M1-July, 1985 Employed 25 people in 1923
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Sources

Name Description
1955List 1955 industry list in Microsoft Excel format See here for original ("1955B&MLISTINDUSTRIESexcel.xls")
1944List 1944 Industry list (Boston area ONLY) in Microsoft Excel format See here for original ("Boston Industries 1944.xls")
Yahoo7455 Yahoo B&M email list message #7455, Dwight Smith
B1 Book 1 (Title, author, date of publication)
B2 Book 2 (Title, author, date of publication)
M1 Magazine 1 (Title, author, date of publication)

File revision history

File History for THIS page
Version Date Who Description
1.0 12-Aug-2002 KG Akerboom Initial release
1.1 03-Sep-2002 KG Akerboom Added section for maps