Norumbega Park
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Norumbega Park is a recreation area and former amusement park located in "Auburndale-on-the-Charles" near Boston, Massachusetts. The associated Totem Pole Ballroom became a well-known dancing and ente
Advertisement for Norumbega Park and Totem Pole Ballroom
Marriott Hotel and boat rental facility on the site of the park
Relic of a water fountain from the park
View of the Charles River from Norumbega Park Conservation Area
The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway was a streetcar and later bus company in the area west of Boston. Streetcars last ran in 1930, and in 1972, the company's operations were merged into the Massac
Norumbega Park
…The Totem Pole Ballroom closed a few months later, on February 8, 1964. Norumbega Park opened on June 13, 1897 and was built by the directors of the Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway in an attempt to increase patronage and revenues on the trolley line running between Boston and Auburndale. The park's name was taken from the Norumbega…
Wide median of Commonwealth Avenue in Auburndale, once used by M&B trolleys, near Norumbega Park