A report on Watertown Square station

Main square of Watertown, Massachusetts, located at the confluence of North Beacon Street and Main Street , Mt. Auburn Street (MA-16), Pleasant Street, Arsenal Street, and Charles River Road.

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Watertown, Massachusetts

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City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and is part of Greater Boston.

City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and is part of Greater Boston.

Saltonstall's landing spot in Watertown, also known as Elbridge Gerry Landing
Edmund Fowle House, built in the 1700s and used by the Massachusetts government during the Revolutionary War
Browne House, built c. 1694
St. Stephen Armenian Apostolic Church
Hairenik Association building – Watertown, Mass.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Eliza Dushku

Most of them pass through or terminate in Watertown Square or Watertown Yard.

Watertown Dam

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Herring gull with herring caught below the Watertown Dam
Readying to strike
Heron has fish under water
Successfully speared
With herring

The Watertown Dam spans the Charles River 980 ft upstream from the Watertown Bridge near Watertown Square in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Westbound entering Wellesley

Massachusetts Route 16

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59.8646 mi east–west state highway in Massachusetts.

59.8646 mi east–west state highway in Massachusetts.

Westbound entering Wellesley
Eastbound entering Sherborn

It enters Watertown shortly before again crossing the Charles River, and intersects U.S. Route 20 in Watertown Square.

The Watertown Bridge from the north bank of the Charles River looking west

Watertown Bridge

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Five-lane traffic bridge over the Charles River, carrying Rt. 16 and Galen Street.

Five-lane traffic bridge over the Charles River, carrying Rt. 16 and Galen Street.

The Watertown Bridge from the north bank of the Charles River looking west

It connects Watertown Square on the north side and Watertown Yard on the south side of Watertown, Massachusetts.

Nearly complete Watertown-Cambridge Greenway just south of Fresh Pond in March 2022

Watertown Branch Railroad

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Branch loop of the Fitchburg Railroad that was meant to serve the town of Watertown and the City of Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as an independent short line railroad; it also serviced the Watertown Arsenal.

Branch loop of the Fitchburg Railroad that was meant to serve the town of Watertown and the City of Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as an independent short line railroad; it also serviced the Watertown Arsenal.

Nearly complete Watertown-Cambridge Greenway just south of Fresh Pond in March 2022
Map of the Watertown Branch Railroad in 1852. The Greenway will follow the route from Fresh Pond to the Arsenal area.
Building at 259 Mount Auburn Street, believed to be an original Watertown Branch station
The Watertown-Cambridge Greenway right-of-way cleared of overgrowth in August 2018. Mt. Auburn Street passes overhead.
Holworthy Street ramp for the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway under construction, January 2021
U.S. Army plans, highlighting sidings (top right) of the rail line at the Watertown Arsenal, ca. 1919
Concord Avenue - the rail line's non-gated and once busiest grade crossing
At Fresh Pond's Kingsley Park (looking north), Feb. 2010
Construction begins on Phase 1 of the Charles River to Alewife Connector multi-use path, July 2010
Entrance to the Watertown Greenway, a bike trail along a portion of the Watertown Branch Railroad
Entrance to Chemistry Station Park in Waltham, on the former site of Chemistry Station on the Watertown Branch in Waltham, MA.
Excavator with rail removed from Watertown Branch for Phase II path construction, Sept. 2018
thumb|Holworthy St ramp, the last entry point to be completed, open in May 2022

Further at-grade crossings were at School Street and at Mount Auburn Street just outside Watertown Square.