Medford (Then and Now)

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It was taken down in Since Cradock never came to New England, he depended on agents to manage his interests. Sometimes his workers were an unruly lot. Late in the summer of , one of them, Austen Bratcher or Augustine Bradshaw was found dead on the Medford farm. The inquest showed that his death had been caused by blows given by Walter Palmer.

Palmer was charged with murder, but the court acquitted him. This did not satisfy another worker on the farm, Thomas Fox, who declared that the court had been bribed. Angered, the court ordered Fox whipped. Bills for unauthorized expenses regularly went to Cradock in London. He could get no accounting from Mayhew. Though Cradock wanted his workers well taken care of, it appears that Mayhew took better care of himself than them. Cradock complained to Winthrop in that his workers had written that they had nothing to drink but water, while he held in his hand a bill from Mayhew for gallons of red wine, sack, and aqua vitae.

It grew as the colony grew. The men labored at farming, fishing, and shipbuilding.

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The forest was cut down and huts or log-houses with chimneys of clay bricks were built. Soon there were a number of brick houses built in Medford demonstrating the wealth of those who could afford brick. Three of these house still stand today: The farmers raised corn and a variety of other produce.

They built stone walls and tended their stock. Swine were also kept. Mowing-ground and tilling fields were fenced. The fishing business was profitable.

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The General Court had given Winthrop and Cradock in the right to erect two weirs in the river to trap fish. In the price of alewives was five shillings per thousand. But by the next decade that trade proved unsuccessful. Much later part of this area was added to Medford. Here he built the first ship constructed on the river. It cost pounds and was a bark of thirty tons. In the seventeenth century ship construction in Medford consisted mainly of small boats, such as lighters, ketches, and fishing craft.

It went up where the present Cradock Bridge now spans the river. Fashioned of wood, the bridge was feet and 5 inches long, 10 feet wide, and there was a toll for cattle crossing it. Why was the bridge so long? The present bridge is less than half that length. However, the level of Medford Square is considerably higher today than it was in the seventeenth century. That side of the river has been walled up and the land filled in. In the seventeenth century it was barely above the river. Frequently the Square area was flooded at high tides. So the bridge had to be longer to reach high land on either side.

Its construction was ingenious. First, a quantity of brush was laid in the mud at right angles to the river. Then large elm logs were laid on the brush lengthwise to the river. The bridge abutment was built on these logs. This was also made out of logs, each course laid in an opposite direction from the one on which it rested.

When the abutment was about ten feet high, the span across the river was built and this put the crossing safely above most high tides. Many were the disputes about Medford, or Mistick, Bridge.

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Who should pay for its upkeep? Some of these ended up in the courts, because neighboring towns were assessed for its repair which did not seem fair to them. For more than a hundred years the arguments continued. This bridge was the only one across the Mystic River until So for nearly years all traffic north of the river, unless they chose to ford the river or take ferries, had to use this bridge to get in and out of Boston.

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Travel increased through Medford as people and vehicles were funneled through by the bridge. Many of the travelers left some of their money behind them to enrich Medford merchants, innkeepers, and farmers. Because all the land around present-day Medford Square was in the hand of one owner during most of this century, no real community center was possible there. A three-alarm fire destroyed one home and damaged another Wednesday afternoon in a neighborhood near Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford.

The fire started in a field at about 4: One resident went back inside to find the family dog. No injuries had been reported as of Wednesday evening. Nearby houses were evacuated as firefighters worked to keep the blaze from spreading further. With temperatures above 80 degrees for the first time this year, Kleinberg said that keeping firefighters cool was a priority.

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Maple Avenue and Greentree Road - and I took these photos in and showing the intersection of Evesboro-Medford Road and Greentree Road. The view was taken during the realignment construction of Evesboro-Medford Road to meet directly with Church Road. The temporary traffic signals in this scene were installed a couple years before this to help relieve traffic conjestion here. Evesboro-Medford Road and Greentree Road - and Route 70 and Maple Avenue - Then and Now.

This rail line opened in as Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford railroad. The line merged with several other short lines in to form the West Jersey Seashore Railroad.

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