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Chattanooga's transportation heritage / David H. Steinberg on behalf of the Chattanooga Choo Choo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinberg, David H., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--Tennessee--Chattanooga--History--Pictorial works.
- Railroads.
- Transportation--Tennessee--Chattanooga--History--Pictorial works.
- Transportation.
- Chattanooga (Tenn.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Chattanooga (Tenn.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2013]
- Summary:
- Chattanooga's 138-year public transportation heritage is a complex and colorful conglomeration of some 32 companies that were initially comprised of horse-drawn streetcar lines. They were later upgraded to electric traction operations, steam dummy lines, and finally to the motor-coach buses of today. Chattanooga's transit story has been unique from its inception. Few cities have had any connection to the incline railways that were constructed in this mountainous city, one of which, the famous Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, is still in daily operation. Today's CARTA transit system has innovated one of the largest fleets of battery-operated electric buses, which other transit companies use as their model for comparison.
- Contents:
- The horse car era
- The formative years of electric traction
- The steam dummy lines/The rapid transit
- The golden traction years
- The Chattanooga Traction Company
- The sunset traction years
- The inclines, street railways, and railroads of Lookout Mountain
- Southern Coach Lines/Today's CARTA transit system
- The Hales Bar Freight Line
- The Cameron Hill incline and street railway
- About the organization.
- OCLC:
- 900733056
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