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The first electric streetcar operated in Kansas City on September 6, 1889. [7] By 1908, all but one of Kansas City's streetcar routes had been converted to electricity. [1] When the Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS) was created in 1925, it inherited over 700 streetcars that had been owned and operated by private companies. [5]
There are 333 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Kansas City. Downtown Kansas City includes 149 of these properties and districts; the city's remaining properties and districts are the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas City, Missouri. One historic district overlaps the downtown and non-downtown ...
There are 379 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Jackson County, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. The city of Kansas City is the location of 328 of these properties and districts; they are listed here, while the remaining properties and districts, including all of the National Historic Landmarks, are listed ...
In the early 1900s, it stored trolleys that transported Johnson County’s first residents to Kansas City. After cars put the line out of commission, the building became an auto repair shop, a ...
Multiple companies operated horsecar lines in the city. Rock Island & Milan Street Railway Steam 1886 1895 Electric 1890 March 1906 Multiple electric streetcars operated in Rock Island before consolidation into the Tri-City Railway & Light Co. in March 1906. Tri-City Railway & Light Co. [63]: 226
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The KC Streetcar is a one-route streetcar system in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [7] Construction began in May 2014, [8] and service began on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area's integrated public transit brand RideKC, and is operated by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority.
A news article from the Kansas City, Kansan dated Feb. 15, 1987, shows a photo of the YMCA in 1911 during the first phase of construction. The building was dedicated on Nov. 20, 1927.