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Who killed Houston's streetcars? - Transit - HAIF - Houston's original social media

Who killed Houston's streetcars? - Transit - HAIF - Houston's original social media "In his 1997 book, Houston Electric: The Street Railways of Houston, Texas, Steven M. Baron writes, 'For half a century, life in Houston was unimaginable without streetcars....

Posted by Michael Bates on April 24, 2024 10:40 AM

The National Archives Catalog Search

National Archives collection of Railroad Right-of-Way maps Showing grade crossings, viaducts, stations, and other structures, and list of transactions by which right-of-way was acquired. 981 maps currently in the collection, including several pertaining to the Sand Springs Railway. (Index map,...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 17, 2022 9:03 AM

McGraw Electric Railway Manual - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

McGraw Electric Railway Manual - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online Maps of streetcar lines, interurbans, trolleys, and other electric railways from 1898 to 1913....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 6, 2018 2:12 PM

GS Tram Site Home Page

GS Tram Site Home Page Maps and photos of historic and present day trams, streetcars, and light rail systems in cities all over the world. Some examples: London 1940, Los Angeles 1941, Boston 1946, Prague 1990. RELATED: History of the...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 28, 2015 11:38 PM

McCasland Maps: Works Progress Administration, Nowata County, Oklahoma, sheet 7

McCasland Maps: Works Progress Administration, Nowata County, Oklahoma, sheet 7 In 1936, the WPA published maps of rural property ownership, one for each township in the state. This map shows Nowata and the area to the north. Of interest to...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 17, 2011 10:44 PM