Riding Denver’s Rails: A Mile High Streetcar History

This book presents a colorful history of the Mile High streetcar, in Denver, Colorado. The streetcar system began in Denver in 1872. The book includes the early horse cars that made up the Denver Horse Railroad Company; the Colfax Avenue Railway that was powered by steam; the Denver tramway, which consisted of running cable cars; and the South Denver Cable Railway Company's electric trolleys. Denver continues to embrace its public transit system with its modernized light rail travel, even though its streetcars were removed from service during the 1950s.

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• Corporate Authors:

  The History Press

  645 Meeting Street
  Charleston, SC  United States  29403
• Authors:
  • Pharris, Kevin
• Publication Date: 2013-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 144p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cable cars; History; Horse drawn vehicles; Public transit; Rail transit; Railroads; Steam engines; Streetcars; Trolley cars
• Geographic Terms: Denver (Colorado)
• Subject Areas: History; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493488
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781609499150
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2013 4:14PM