Welding On HSR Trolley Line 1910

A few photos depicting the process of thermit welding being applied to the rails of the Holyoke Street Railway in the summer of 1910, and taken from a December 1910 publication "Electric Railway Journal". The article was written by then head of the HSR George Pellissier. The following photos were taken near the Y.M.C.A at Appleton and High streets.