36. ABANDONED: The Railroad that Went Down with the Titanic

<p>We’re heading to Woonsocket this week to check out a mural painted on what was an unassuming concrete wall you wouldn’t think twice about. But this concrete wall actually has an incredibly interesting backstory, one with ties to the Titanic. </p><p>To Visit: Cass Ave, Woonsocket, RI - across from Woonsocket High School</p><p><i>Episode Source Material: </i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.abandonedrails.com/southern-new-england-railway">The Southern New England Railway</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_New_England_Railway">Southern New England Railway - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://www.providencejournal.com/article/20140202/LIFESTYLE/302029971">https://www.providencejournal.com/article/20140202/LIFESTYLE/302029971</a></li><li><a href="https://www.palinc.com/sites/default/files/publications/Amtrak_History.pdf">NEW HAVEN TO BOSTON</a></li><li><a href="https://archives.rep-am.com/2012/04/08/titanic-helped-sink-new-haven-railroad/">Titanic helped sink New Haven Railroad</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad">New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/documents/nh_railroad_context.pdf">New Hampshire Railroad - Historic Context Statement</a></li><li><a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20170423/281479276298765">Cass Ave. railroad abutment will be a concrete canvas for high school art teacher and her students as they’ll put paint to plaster to pay tribute to Charles Melville Hays Mural in the making</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181008222831/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/11/03/100110027.pdf">New York Times | Indict 21 in Deals of the New Haven</a></li><li><a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/01/19/86505141.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0">New York Times | New Haven Story One of Upheavals</a></li><li><a href="https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/charles-melville-hays.html">Char