Capital Streetcars

Author : John DeFerrari
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467118834
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capital Streetcars: Early Mass Transit in Washington, D.C. written by John DeFerrari and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's first streetcars trundled down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Civil War. By the end of the century, streetcar lines crisscrossed the city, expanding it into the suburbs and defining where Washingtonians lived, worked and played. One of the most beloved routes was the scenic Cabin John line to the amusement park in Glen Echo, Maryland. From the quaint early days of small horse-drawn cars to the modern "streamliners" of the twentieth century, the stories are all here. Join author John DeFerrari on a joyride through the fascinating history of streetcars in the nation's capital.

Author : John DeFerrari
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625856199
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capital Streetcars written by John DeFerrari and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's first streetcars trundled down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Civil War. By the end of the century, streetcar lines crisscrossed the city, expanding it into the suburbs and defining where Washingtonians lived, worked and played. One of the most beloved routes was the scenic Cabin John line to the amusement park in Glen Echo, Maryland. From the quaint early days of small horse-drawn cars to the modern "streamliners" of the twentieth century, the stories are all here. Join author John DeFerrari on a joyride through the fascinating history of streetcars in the nation's capital.

Author : National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, Incorporated
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971293601
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capital Transit written by National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Diamond
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329689593
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Expanded Red Hook Streetcar Project | A Cure For Transportation Deserts written by Bob Diamond and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Thompson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439659338
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Oregon Streetcars written by Richard Thompson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The streetcars that plied Oregon's small-town streets were every bit as diverse as those in Portland and their history even more fascinating. Learn of the devastating 1922 fire that scorched Astoria's plank road railways and put a halt to its once-thriving streetcar network. Muse over the tale of a beloved white horse named Old Charlie that proved more efficient at powering Albany's streetcars than the alternative steam locomotive. Laugh at the spectacle of university students being carted back to their dormitories on the Eleventh Street Line's special midnight "drunk express" trains. Take pride in the tiny town of Cherry Grove, which became the first in the West to embrace new battery technology. Local historian Richard Thompson celebrates the lost trolley lines that transported Oregon's people across the state for decades.

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747815240
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streetcars of America written by Brian Solomon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handsome multicolored streetcar is a nostalgic icon of the some of the most romantic and heritage-rich locales in America, including San Francisco, New Orleans and Chicago, immortalised on stage and screen in classics including 'Meet Me In St Louis' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Streetcars of America chronicles these vehicles from the earliest animal-drawn carriages to the height of their popularity in the 1920s, when there were more than 1,200 tram railways, to the turning of the tide in the mid-twentieth century when congestion and attacks from the automobile industry eventually pushed streetcars from most urban landscapes. But it also looks at the recent efforts to revive tram heritage that have led to vintage streetcars becoming a hip and environmentally-friendly daily commuter service, as well as tourist attraction, in more than thirty cities including Memphis and Washington DC.

Author : Kenneth C. Springirth
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990127
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streetcars of Washington written by Kenneth C. Springirth and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street Cars of Washington D.C. is a photographic essay of the history of the well-kept modern street car system that provided frequent transit service to much of our nation's capital up to its closure in January, 1962. Washington D.C. was the first North American city to operate its entire base service by President's Conference Committee (PCC) cars. Washington D.C. had the fifth largest PCC car fleet in North America. While these cars had poles for overhead wire operation, they were the only PCC cars in the world equipped with plows for conduit operation. Washington D.C. PCC cars, all built by St. Louis Car Company, were about two foot shorter in length or one less window than other PCC cars, because of short clearances in car house transfer tables. The Silver Sightseer in Washington D.C. was the world's first air conditioned street car. Fifty four years later in February 2016, street cars returned to Washington D.C. All of this has been included in Street Cars of Washington D.C.

Author : United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moving People and Goods written by United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Federal Transit Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grant Assistance Programs written by United States. Federal Transit Administration and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 986 pages
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Download or read book Canal Streetcar Line Reintroduction, Canal Street from the Mississippi River to the Cemeteries, Spur Line to City Park, City of New Orleans, New Orleans Parish written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: