G & U Railroad - Gordon Hopper

Grafton & Upton Railroad Crossings

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When the

were built, the sewage from the facility was pumped to the

treatment plant on the other side of Route 16. This continued with the Dennett Apartments

that were built some years later. Because of continuing problems with the pump becoming

clogged, the Hopedale Housing Authority looked into the possibility of a gravity feed to the

treatment plant. Due to various difficulties, it took about five years after the process began,

but as shown above, it was approaching completion in 1989. The route between the

apartments and the sewage plant included the Grafton & Upton Railroad crossing at Route

16. To compensate for digging up the track there, the railroad was paid $10,000. They hadn't

been running trains over the crossing for some time, and they chose not to replace it.