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Charles A. "Charlie" Ufford (died October 9, 1929) was the father of the Dorchester Tunnel plan,[1] the portion of what is now the MBTA Red Line that runs from Andrew Square to Fields Corner and onward to Ashmont.
He was also President of the Boston Lake Shore Home for Tired Mothers and Poor Children, and Vice President of the Dorchester Historical Society.[2]
Ufford was the chief proponent of creating the rapid transit service in Dorchester, Massachusetts in the 1920s.[1] The MBTA service, due to his lobbying, was extended to Fields Corner in Dorchester, giving more service for Milton and Quincy residents. After the legislative failure of his idea that would require bridges to cross over streets, he then proposed an elevated railway rapid transit, and then improved on the idea until the final system was developed.
Upon the 1924 passage of the plan, Boston Mayor James Michael Curley gave Ufford the quill pen used to sign the legislation.[3][2]
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As a traffic expert he always travelled by street car,[1] attending Massachusetts State House hearings for over 30 years to push for more rapid transit for Dorchester. He used a stereopticon[4] and gave slideshow lectures with it by lantern-light at hearings, meetings, and lectures.
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