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This book is an historical account of the beginnings of present-day Somerville, from a connection to Boston to a population increase that changed everything.
Once a part of Charlestown that could only be reached via The Neck (present-day Sullivan Square), Somerville became accessible from Boston with the construction of the Middlesex Canal and the extension of various rail lines in the mid- to late nineteenth century. By 1842, Somerville's population had increased to the point that the town ...