Twin Ports by Trolley
University of Minnesota Press (Verlag)
978-0-8166-7308-7 (ISBN)
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Following the rails as horse-drawn cars gave way to electric trolleys, Aaron Isaacs takes us into the workings of the Duluth–Superior streetcars: politics and corporate maneuvers, engineering and maintenance, scheduling and setting routes, running and riding the trolleys. Along the way we meet motormen and conductors (including twenty-one women who stepped in during World War I) and learn what it’s like to run a streetcar through obstacles ranging from heavy snowstorms to Halloween pranks to the heroism of evacuating a burning neighborhood. Then we ride the rails in a typical car, with a floor of varnished wood and seats of cushioned rattan, and a not-so-typical luxury car, outfitted to the nines with velvet curtains and a bar for lucrative “streetcar parties.” We experience the ride, whether buying a token or braving the smokers on the rear platform when boarding, and we learn the routes as the streetcars deliver, along with passengers, mail pouches and newspapers, dogs, and, in the case of the Park Point funeral car, corpses and mourners. Isaacs traces traffic patterns and geographic features for each line and describes imaginary trips on three of the most interesting routes.
The book is, finally, a tour of the Twin Ports over time, with a wealth of maps and photographs illustrating routes and landmarks and picturing the people who made the rails hum. Interviews and newspaper features, “day-after reports” and management memos, stories told by employees and onlookers—all contribute to a rich evocation of a fascinating historical era. The streetcars are long gone from Duluth and Superior, but remnants survive if one knows where to look—and this street-level exploration points the way.
Aaron Isaacs is the coauthor of Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul (Minnesota, 2007). He edits Tourist Railroads and Railway Museums magazine and is also the author of Trackside around the Twin Cities and The Como–Harriet Streetcar Line.
Contents
Preface
Glossary of Streetcar Terms
The Duluth Street Railway Company System
1. From Horses to Horsepower: The Dawn of the Streetcar Era
2. A Public Conveyance: Streetcars and Daily Life
3. Trainmen and Starters: Running the Cars
4. Keeping the Wheels Turning: Behind the Scenes
5. Twin Ports by Trolley: A Tour of the City
The Duluth Lines
Downtown Duluth’s Superior Street
Lester Park
Crosley
Woodland
Aerial Bridge
Park Point
East 4th Street
West 4th Street
East 8th Street
Kenwood
7th Avenue Incline and Highland
Piedmont
West Duluth via Oneota
West Duluth via 3rd Street and Grand
Morgan Park and Gary–New Duluth
The Superior Lines
Interstate
Tower Avenue
South Superior
Billings Park and Broadway
East End–Allouez
Lines Never Built
6. Intruders: Jitneys, Buses, and the End of an Era
Postscript: Survivors and Remnants
Appendixes
A. System Ridership by Year and Mode
B. Car Miles by Hour and by City
C. Trips by Street, 1925
D. Duluth Street Railway Track Miles
E. Streetcar Ridership by Hour and Day of Week, 1925
F. Routing, Headway, Speed, and Number of Cars Scheduled
G. Interstate Riders
H. Streetcar Ridership versus Automobile Registration
I. Passengers by Route Segment, 1925
J. Rosters Appendix
K. Bus Route Changes, 1924–1939
L. Duluth Street Railway Organization Chart
Further Reading
Index
Zusatzinfo | 366 |
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Verlagsort | Minnesota |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 229 x 254 mm |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge |
Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8166-7308-X / 081667308X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8166-7308-7 / 9780816673087 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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