Streetcars of New Orleans

Name: Streetcars of New Orleans
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ISBN: 9781565545687

ISBN-10: 1565545680

ISBN-13: 9781565545687

Edition: 1975

Authors: Louis Hennick

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This extensively illustrated,240-page volume documents the long and colorful history of streetcartransportation in the city of New Orleans.This reprint of a 1965 volume,written by the two leading authorities on the subject, represents the completework on the subject of New Orleans traction and urban railways. Featured aresections on early city transportation, and the golden era of electric traction(1893-1926), along with technical aspects, trackage, and mileage routes.A series of maps pinpoints, fortraction enthusiasts, the locations of tracks no longer extant and providesinformation on companies that once operated the network of rails. Also includedis a special section on the types of cars…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1975
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication date: 1/31/1975
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments



General History


Introduction


Primal City Transportation


Street Railways Come of Age


The Golden Era of Electric Traction


The Decline of the Street Railway


Succession of Companies



Canal Street Down the Years



Routes



Equipment


Introduction


Single Truck Cars


Double Truck Cars


Trailers


Service Equipment


Steam Locomotives



Track, Paving and Overhead



Powerhouses and Substations



Barns and Shops



Sewerage and Water Board



Statistics and Final Compendiums



Interesting Projected Street Railways


Bibliography


Index