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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'.
The Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) was a streetcar and rapid transit railroad operated on, above, and below, the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and surrounding communities. Founded in 1894, it eventually acquired the West End Street Railway via lease and merger to become the city's primary mass transit provider.
The Portland Street Railway Company was the first mass transit company and streetcar line in Portland, Oregon, United States.Founded in 1872 by transportation magnate Ben Holladay, it operated horsecars on a two-mile (3.2 km) narrow gauge line on First Street, from a barn on Glisan Street in the north to Porter Street in the south.
In many cities, streetcars drawn by a single animal were known as "bobtail streetcars" whether mule-drawn or horse-drawn. [2] [3] By the mid-1880s, there were 415 street railway companies in the U.S. operating over 6,000 miles (9,700 km) of track and carrying 188 million passengers per year using animal-drawn cars.
Map of the Washington, D.C. streetcar system at the end of the horse car era in 1888. The last streetcar company to begin operation during the horsecar era was the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway. It was incorporated on March 3, 1875, and began operation later that year. It ran on a circular route around downtown D.C.
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 ...
In addition, the horse-drawn streetcar line in that era stopped near Central Park. Clark dreamed of building out Third Street into a picturesque promenade, similar to Union Avenue near Saratoga ...