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From Swampy Wilderness to Small College Town to Noisy Industrial City to Today.

What Next?

Saloons close.

1886

Frederick Rindge begins donating buildings to the city. Before he finishes, Cambridge has a new city hall, industrial training school and library.

1887

First trolley line opens.

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1889

Subway to Harvard Square opens--promising "Park St. in eight minutes."

1912

Massachusetts Institute of Technology settles in Cambridge.

1916

First zoning law enacted.

1924

Saloons reopen.

1933

Harvard celebrates its tricentennial.

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