Electric Street Railway, Port Arthur (~1892)
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A closeup photo of one of the first electric streetcars showing the open sides, roof, and the wooden benches. Most photographs show enclosed cars., Electric street cars first began running in Port Arthur on March 7, 1892. There was a sense of great achievement and pride in establishing Canada's first municipally owned railway. An excellent account can be found in the 1990 'Papers and Records' booklet published by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society.
The word - "Kapikatoniquia" is written on the back of the postcard.
- Date of Original
- circa 1903
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- P672
- Collection
- Thunder Bay Public Library
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Thunder Bay Public LibraryEmail:research@tbpl.ca
Website:
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