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Portland's interurban railway / Richard Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Richard Martin., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of rail.
- Images of America
- Images of rail
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric railroads--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--Pictorial works.
- Electric railroads.
- Portland (Or.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Portland (Or.).
- Willamette River Valley (Or.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Willamette River Valley (Or.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network that spread throughout the Willamette Valley. This is the story of the pioneering local railways that started it all as they built south along the Willamette River to Oregon City and east to Estacada and Bull Run in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. More than 200 historic images illustrate Portland’s Interurban Railway from its rudimentary beginnings through the peak years, when passengers rode aboard the finest examples of the car builders’ art, to the sudden end in 1958.
- Contents:
- Steam interurbans : the Dummy lines
- The first ture interurban : the Oregon City line
- The longest run : the Estacada line
- Branching out : the Bull Run and Toutdale lines
- Save our streetcars : the last lines.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- OCLC:
- 885209881
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