2024 Annual Meeting and Manchester vs. the Trolley
Thu, Sep 26
|First Parish Community Hall
The Manchester-by-the-Sea Museum will hold its annual meeting of members followed by the lecture, "Manchester vs. the Trolley."
Time & Location
Sep 26, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
First Parish Community Hall, 1 Chapel Ln, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944, USA
About the event
Reception at 6 pm, business meeting at 6:30, and lecture at 7 pm.  Light refreshments will be served.  The lecture topic is "Manchester vs. the Trolley": Before the rise of the automobile, trolleys were a significant force in Massachusetts—but they were banned in Manchester. As the town embraced the summer resort industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was electrified by the controversial proposed trolley. Matthew Swindell, associate director of the Manchester-by-the-Sea Museum, will delve into the issues and battle lines of this fascinating period, "one of the most trying periods of the town's history."