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Streetcars of Florida's First Coast

Posted By: Tamaar
Date: 7 Apr 2019 15:34:40
Streetcars of Florida's First Coast

Streetcars of Florida's First Coast
by Robert W. Mann, Glorious J. Johnson
English | EPUB | 12.8 MB


Inthe late 1800s, a new method to power streetcars ushered Florida’s First Coastcities into the modern era. Earlier travelers moved around town on hay burners,but after the very first electric-powered trolley cruised up Jacksonville’sMain Street in 1893, railways cropped up throughout the region. When the newrailroad terminal opened in 1919, it handled millions of passengers, becomingthe hub of the streetcar system and the largest railroad station in the South.With almost sixty miles of track, the Jacksonville Traction Company was thelargest streetcar system in Florida. Award-winning author and historian RobertW. Mann chronicles the story behind Florida’s bygone streetcar epoch and thedramatic history of city builders, financiers, organized labor, civil rights,fire, fever, nabobs and railway men.
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