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Commission weighs options after museum-quality Boston & Worcester plaque requires costly refit
Summary
A bronze Boston & Worcester railway plaque owned by the commission requires post-mounting work; the vendor estimate and shipping costs led commissioners to seek local metalworking options.
The commission reviewed a bronze plaque describing the Boston & Worcester railway granite abutments and discussed how to mount the heavy plaque at the Parkerville Road South site. Kevin Miller said the plaque sat in storage because the manufacturer had produced a back mount designed for stone mounting, which would require drilling into a historic abutment or reworking the plaque for a pole mount.
Why it matters: the plaque marks a local transportation history feature; commissioners want it publicly…
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