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1870: A horse-drawn streetcar of the Spring & Sixth railway in front of the Pico House. Horse-drawn streetcars started with the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad in 1874. [1] Single truck, open air cars traversed unpaved streets. [1] Numerous companies built tracks, with some merging to form larger networks.
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway ran the world's first passenger tram service in 1807. The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, which developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s [citation needed], using the newly improved iron or steel rail or 'tramway'.
In January 1863, a Syracuse, New York-based firm gave a $5,000 deposit which created the Detroit City Railway Company, which was followed by an ordinance which was passed in May 1863 awarded a 30-year franchise to the DCRC for the construction of a horse-drawn streetcar system in the city; construction started in June and services were ...
Horse-drawn Decauville "trucks" in Cuzamá, 2010. Horse-drawn streetcars are still used in Cuzamá. Although most animal-drawn lines were shut down in the 19th century, a few lines lasted into the 20th century and later. Toronto's horse-drawn streetcar operations ended in 1891. New York City saw regular horsecar service last until 1917.
Feb. 25—In 1941, there were 95 mail routes in Spokane and five still used horse-drawn mail carts traveling the city's streets, including two in the downtown area. Mail superintendent John O ...
Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 57) states that, although included in some statistics, the following (horse-drawn) streetcar systems were not built: Beloit. Dighton. Peschkes states that one source, dated 1888, states that this town had a streetcar line, but no confirmation was found. El Dorado. Marion. Peschkes states that "there is no more ...
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The Horse-Drawn Streetcars and Main Street Vehicles attractions in Disneyland Park (Paris) opened with the park on April 12, 1992, and are located in the Main Street, USA section. [9] [15] [16] Horse-Drawn Streetcars is a separately billed attraction from Main Street Vehicles. [44]