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Public transportation began in Washington, D.C., almost as soon as the city was founded. In May 1800, two-horse stage coaches began running twice daily from Bridge and High Streets NW (now Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW) in Georgetown by way of M Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW/SE to William Tunnicliff's Tavern at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court Building.
These cars were called Atlas-Knights, and were bigger, five- or seven-passenger touring cars that cost approximately $3500 ($110,503 in 2023 dollars [2]). [3] The company was bankrupt by early 1913, supposedly due to problems acquiring engines. Harry Knox then moved to Indianapolis to assist the Lyons brothers in producing the Lyons-Knight.
Other equipment included 20 freight cars, 50 work cars, 33 snowplows, and 2 locomotives. [4]: 979 Most of the equipment dated from the earlier years of the company and its acquired lines; only 112 of those 547 streetcars were built after 1910. The oldest cars were single-truck cars, many converted from horsecars. The WCSR began buying double ...
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