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Readin' and Writin' marked the final appearance of June Marlowe as Miss Crabtree. It also marked the debut appearance of Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane. The wise-cracking Brisbane character was created to replace Jackie Cooper who left the series in 1931 to do feature films.
Among its customers was the city of San Francisco, California, which purchased several street cars from Jewett. The company produced more than 2,000 wood-and-steel street cars, shipping them to 26 states and Canada. The Jewett Car Company went out of business in 1919 when the automobile began replacing mass transit. [1]
The last streetcar service on the old network ended in 1949; the streetcar system was quickly replaced by a trolleybus system and with buses. After decades of planning, construction of a new streetcar system, the Atlanta Streetcar, began in early 2012. [2] Consisting initially of a single route, this new streetcar line opened in December 2014.
Trucks were a major focus, both Clark and St. Louis developed trucks with 28 in (710 mm) wheels and a 70 mph (110 km/h) maximum speed, but only Boston used them, Clark B10s on 40 cars. Chicago used streetcar type trucks, with 26 in (660 mm) wheels and a speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), adequate for their system.
Ottawa Car Company - Ottawa, Ontario, 1891–1948 [2] Preston Car Company - Preston, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario ), 1908–1921, bought by Brill [ 2 ] Toronto Railway Company - Toronto , Ontario , 1891–1920, wooden cars for mostly in-house use only, but built some cars for Mexico and Western Canadian operators by subsidiary Convertible ...
1870: A horse-drawn streetcar of the Spring & Sixth railway in front of the Pico House. Horse-drawn streetcars started with the Spring and Sixth Street Railroad in 1874. [1] Single truck, open air cars traversed unpaved streets. [1] Numerous companies built tracks, with some merging to form larger networks.
He is acknowledged to have been a seminal figure in the development of street art. [3] Books about 1970s graffiti feature his car-long paintings with their characteristic kinetic script embellished with flames, arrows as well as cartoon characters and the "Tracy face," a grinning shaggy-haired visage in wrap-around shades.
Various companies consolidated to create Florida's largest streetcar system. [50] Electric February 24, 1893 December 12, 1936 [50] Jacksonville and LaVilla Street Railway: Horse January 24, 1885 1895 [50] Pine Street Railway Horse 1882 Name Changed to Main Street Railway when the street name was changed by the city. Main Street Railway Horse ...