Barbers Park

An early 20^th Century family entertainment destination.
	There is a bit of a level clearing that could have been the location of the passing siding and the trolley pavilion for Barber's Park.
A wooden bridge (very new, not the original trolley bridge) and road to where Barber Park was located now bares the name THW 55 Barber Park Rd.⁶ This appears to be where the trolley line ran.
The trolley bridge leading to Barber Park.	Two sairways were built to take people from the loading platform to the dance hall.
An open and a semi-convertable trolley wait for passengers at Barbers Park.	Open car number 6 is 1^st in line.
The Baseball game has begun and the passengers know it!

The Saxtons River Historical Society and the other people I met while exploring the line first hand all helped to motivate me and line up information.

Special thanks to Saxtons River Historical Society, for showing me much of their collection of photographs and sharing with me some of their written documents as well. Mrs. Louise Luring was my personal tour guide for the Historical Society's collections, many thanks.

CREDITS: Information was gathered from the following Resources:

¹From the McGraw Electric Railway Directory 1924

²The Village Connection by John E. Cook.

³Saxtons River Historical Society.

⁴Railroads of Vermont Vol. I, Robert C. Jones.

⁵History of the town of Rockingham Vermont Including the Villages of Bellows Falls, Saxtons River, Rockingham, Cambridgeport and Bertonsville 1907 - 1957 with Family Geneologies by Mrs. Frances Stockwell Lovell and Mr. Leverett C. Lovell.

⁶Personal first hand observations.

Black & White photos are in the Saxtons River Historical Societies collection.

Color photos by Eric Schuele, taken in June of 1998.

Barbers Park

An early 20th Century family entertainment destination.

An early 20^th Century family entertainment destination.