Woonsocket Depot, Woonsocket, R.I.

Item Information


Title

Woonsocket Depot, Woonsocket, R.I.

Subject

Woonsocket, RI

Description

Designed for the Providence and Worcester Railroad, the Woonsocket Depot is an elaborately decorated brick building which was the finest on-line passenger depot on the P&W line. It replaced the original 1847 depot (which was destroyed by fire) in 1882. The station has been converted into offices and is now the headquarters for the Blackstone Valley Heritage Corridor.

Publisher

A. C. Bosselman & Co. (1901-1919)
New York, NY

A publisher of national view-cards in tinted halftones. Their cards were printed in Germany

Date

Undated, ca. 1907

Rights

Courtesy of the Historical Society of Smithfield, Smithfield, RI

Language

JPEG Digital Image

Coverage

Woonsocket, RI

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

3.5 x 5.5 inches