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Sacramento's Streetcars

By Burg , William

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN
9781439631164, 1439631166
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
46 MB (48435552 bytes)
Series
Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts
Pages
(127 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Street-railroads--California--Sacramento--History;

Description

Until 1947, Sacramento's streetcars linked a bustling downtown district with residential neighborhoods, workplaces, and a growing series of suburbs. Starting with horse-drawn cars on Front Street, the streetcar system owned by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company expanded to include Midtown, Curtis Park, Land Park, Oak Park, and East Sacramento. But PG & E was not alone; two other companies ran streetcar routes downtown, along with suburban lines to West Sacramento, North Sacramento, Rio Linda, Elverta, Colonial Heights, and Colonial Acres. Sacramentans rode the cars to work, to school, to the state fair, and just about anywhere they wanted to go until the streetcars were replaced by buses owned by National City Lines.

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