Baltimore Streetcar Memories

by Kenneth C. Springirth

Baltimore was the first United States city to begin regularly scheduled electric railway service in 1885.
However, because of technical problems the line had to go back to horse car operation. After Frank J. Sprague developed an electric streetcar powered by an overhead wire for Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore adopted the new system and in 1893 opened the first electric line in the United States to operate on an elevated structure.
By 1899, Baltimore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163499034X
• ISBN13: 9781634990349
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"