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The North Chicago Street Railroad was the smallest of the three companies. Incorporated in 1859 as the North Chicago Street Railway, a horse-car system, it was badly damaged by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Little improvement was done until 1885, when a Philadelphia syndicate controlled by Charles Tyson Yerkes reorganized it as the North ...
St. Joseph's Health purchased the naming rights for the venue, with the new name going into effect beginning in June 2018. [14] In October 2023, Empower Federal Credit Union paid $4 million for the amphitheater's naming rights for a 7 year period with the new venue name being Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview. [15]
The Lakeview Historic District is a historic district on the north side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1977. [ 2 ]
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway: PC&St.L 1868–1869 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: C&NW 1866–1980 Chicago and Great Eastern Railway: CC&IC: 1866–1868 Chicago and Rock Island Railroad: CRI&P: 1866 Chicago and Alton Railroad: Alton 1863–1931 1862–1863 Chicago and North Western Railway: NIRC, UP 1911–1995 1980 ...
The Chicago Surface Lines was primarily a trolley operation, with approximately 3100 streetcars on the roster at the time of the CTA takeover. [16] It purchased small lots of motor buses, [17] totaling 693 at the time of the CTA takeover, mostly consisting of smaller buses used on extension routes or to replace two-man streetcars on routes such as Hegewisch and 111th Street, because conductors ...
Chicago Cable Cars. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-327-1. Lind, Alan R. (1979). Chicago Surface Lines: An Illustrated History. Transport History Press. ISBN 0-934732-00-0. Hilton, George W. (1982). the Cable Car in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3051-2. Young, David M. (1998). Chicago Transit An Illustrated History ...
Fort Madison Street Railway [63]: 169–170 Fort Madison: Horse July 1888 1895 Electric 1895 1929 Independence & Rush Park Street Railway [63]: 183 Independence: Electric August 22, 1892 August 14, 1907 Iowa City Electric Railway [63]: 170 ♦ Iowa City Electric November 1, 1910 August 16, 1930
It was founded in 1888 as the McGuire Manufacturing Company, later becoming McGuire-Cummings, and finally the Cummings Car and Coach Company. [1] Snowplow cars and snow sweepers – street railway cars designed specifically for snow removal – were among its most popular and best-known products.