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The Phoenix Trolley Museum, when it was located at 25 W. Culver St. The museum has since relocated to 1117 Grand Avenue. The main exhibit of the museum is trolley car #116. The Phoenix Street Railway provided streetcar service in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, from 1888 to 1948. The motto was "Ride a Mile and Smile the While."
Listed are some museums in Phoenix with the images of artifacts of historical importance. Such is the case of the Phoenix Trolley Museum where the historic Trolley Car #116 is showcased. Among the museums are the Martin Auto Museum, which showcases automobiles from 1886 onward and the Musical Instrument Museum.
The Phoenix Trolley Museum, incorporated as the Arizona Street Railway Museum, is a railway museum established in 1975, with an emphasis on preserving historical street cars in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The museum is "dedicated to the preservation of original Phoenix trolley cars and memorabilia, and to showing their place in the history of ...
Phoenix voters approve a $750,000 bond issue to improve the street car system. [35] Horse Mesa Dam is completed. [32] 1928 Hotel San Carlos and Westward Ho hotel open. Phoenix completes 2 years of annexation, absorbing 74 subdivisions. [32] Construction of Sky Harbor Airport is begun. [38] Phoenix Little Theatre is incorporated. [32]
Phoenix Street Railway [3] Phoenix (first era) Horse November 5, 1887: June 8, 1895 Electric September 28, 1893: February 16, 1948: See Phoenix Street Railway. Interurban line to Glendale opened 1911. Planned extensions to Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa were never built. Tempe Street Railway: Tempe (in Phoenix metropolitan area) Horse February 22 ...
An economic, political and social survey of Phoenix and the Valley of the sun Southside progress, 1941. James, George Wharton (1917), "Phoenix and Salt River Valley", Arizona, the Wonderland, Boston: Page Company; Luckingham, Bradford. "Urban development in Arizona: the rise of Phoenix." Journal of Arizona History (1981): 197–234.
Proponents claim that using a simple, reliable form of transit from 50 or 100 years ago can bring history to life for 21st century visitors. Prior to 2001, the new streetcar systems that opened in North America had been heritage lines, alternatively known as vintage trolley or ' historic ' trolley lines. Several cities built new heritage ...
SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines: 1906 19.8 mi (31.9 km) 5 Light rail / Streetcar: The subway–surface trolley lines began operation as a mixed subway/streetcar system in 1906, and have continued operation essentially unchanged since that time. Media–Sharon Hill Line: 1906 11.9 mi (19.2 km) 2 Light rail / Streetcar