1874 map of the newly-completed Lowell and Andover Railroad. The branch line, owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad, allowed the B&amp;M to poach Lowell-Lawrence and Lowell-Boston traffic from the Boston and Lowell Railroad, its rival.
Edward Appleton
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/50723">Map and profile of the Lowell &amp; Andover R.R. built A.D. 1874</a> via Massachusetts State Library Archives