Richard Thompson

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St. Johns Streetcars: The Streetcars of North PortlandPaperback, 24 January 2022

St. Johns Streetcars: The Streetcars of North Portland
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Part of Series
America Through Time
Print Length
128 pages
Language
English
Publisher
America Through Time
Date Published
24 Jan 2022
ISBN-10
1634993756
ISBN-13
9781634993753

Description

Streetcars were both early and late arrivals in North Portland. The first electric streetcars in the state of Oregon began rolling across the original Steel Bridge into the city of Albina in November 1889. Within a few months, these pioneering trolleys were connecting with a steam railway then under construction to the town of St. Johns. Yet, travel on this longest of lines remained in two parts until the entire St. Johns Line was electrified in 1903. In the meantime, streetcar lines had been built to serve emerging neighborhoods in Upper Albina, Lower Albina, Ockley Green, Piedmont, and Overlook. Trolleys would soon reach the company town of Kenton.
By 1905, nine North Portland lines were operating out of the finest and most completely equipped carhouse in the Northwest. This is the story of those classic lines, from the first electrics in 1889, to the last steam motors in 1903, and from Portland's final new streetcar line in 1920, to the arrival of trolley buses in the 1940s. A final chapter brings the saga up to date with the return of streetcars there in 2004.

Product Details

Author:
Richard Thompson
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 January 2022
Dimensions:
23.37 x 17.27 x 1.27 cm
Genre:
Pacific Northwest
ISBN-10:
1634993756
ISBN-13:
9781634993753
Language:
English
Pages:
128
Weight:
408.23 gm

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