transportation began with horsecars in 1871, and electric streetcar service started in the 1880s. In addition to streetcars in Atlanta proper, there were also interurban...
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first regular passenger streetcar service in Atlanta since the original Atlanta streetcars were phased out in 1949. The Downtown Loop runs 2.7 miles (4...
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popular in the south in cities such as New Orleans, Louisiana. In many cities, streetcars drawn by a single animal were known as "bobtail streetcars" whether...
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Georgia Power (category Companies based in Atlanta)
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was established as the Georgia Railway and Power Company and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta...
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Atlanta (/ætˈlæntə/ at-LAN-tə) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion of the...
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in 2016, construction of the light rail streetcar system is overseen by MARTA in close partnership with Atlanta Beltline, Inc. The Beltline will be connected...
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launched here in 1886 and grew into an Atlanta-based world empire. Electric streetcars arrived in 1889, and the city added new "streetcar suburbs". The...
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The Streetcars of Florida's First Coast. Charleston S.C.: History Press, The. pp. 193–198. ISBN 9781626197077. Mann, Robert W. (1957). The Streetcars of...
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transit in Atlanta: 1871 Richard Peters and George Adair run the first streetcars on the Atlanta Street Railway Company 1872 West End & Atlanta Street...
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neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a historic streetcar suburb situated entirely in DeKalb County, bordered by the...
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Buckhead (redirect from Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia)
extension of the Atlanta Streetcar to Buckhead (nicknamed the "Peachtree Streetcar" because it would run along Peachtree Street in Downtown Atlanta and Peachtree...
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Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is...
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to West End and Westview Cemetery. Streetcars in Atlanta Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta Atlanta's Streetcars of the Nineteenth Century (blog) Acts...
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The Atlanta streetcar strike of 1916 was a labor strike involving streetcar operators for the Georgia Railway and Power Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Precipitated...
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Gary Anthony Williams (category Male actors from Atlanta)
filmed in the Atlanta area. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998. Williams' past roles include Abe Kenarban (Stevie's dad) in the Fox TV sitcom Malcolm in the...
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Share taxi (category Public transport in Africa)
the request of the streetcar operators. Jitneys were popular in Atlanta from 1915 to 1925 as an alternative to streetcars. In Atlanta, jitneys run along...
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Ave List of trolleybus systems in the United States Streetcars in Atlanta Carson, O.E. Gene (January–March 1997). "Atlanta [Part 1]". Motor Coach Age, pp...
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Inman Park (redirect from Inman Park, Atlanta)
connected to the city by the first of Atlanta's electric streetcar lines, along Edgewood Avenue. The East Atlanta Land Company acquired and developed more...
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Road in the city's Northeast quadrant. The streetcars are the first to run in the District of Columbia since the dismantling of the previous streetcar system...
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16 and 17 streetcars on the west side. West Allis was served by the 10, 18 and 19 streetcars on the west side. Most of Montreal's streetcar suburbs feature...
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million, making it the sole mass transit entity in the area. Streetcars in Atlanta Trolleybuses in Atlanta Forty Years on the Force (1972), Herbert Jenkins...
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East Atlanta is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The name East Atlanta Village primarily refers to the neighborhood's...
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UK: LRTA Publishing. February 2015. p. 53. "Siemens to build Atlanta streetcars". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 16,...
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The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, also known as the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, was an episode of mass racial violence against African Americans in the United...
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purchase of two additional streetcars, with the intent to allow streetcars to run every 10 minutes. In 2005 the Portland Streetcar project was awarded the...
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additional streetcar for additional service in South Lake Union; these are numbered 401–407. Three of the model-121 streetcars were assembled in the Czech...
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"first-generation" legacy systems, the "second-generation" modern light rail systems, streetcars, and hybrid rail systems (light rail with some commuter rail features)...
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Siemens S700 and S70 (category Streetcars of the United States)
million contract to build the four streetcars that run on the Atlanta Streetcar. The vehicles were built at Siemens' plant in Florin, California, but with major...
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Peachtree Street (redirect from Peachtree Street (Atlanta))
streets running through the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Beginning at Five Points in downtown Atlanta, it runs North through Midtown; a few...
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