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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Electric Transport
Streetcar photo
Public Transportation: Horse Carts to Electric Railways
Read More About It
"Milwaukee: A Chronological and Documentary History" by George Lankevich
Vocabulary:
street railway car
drawbridge
Interesting Fact:
Milwaukee had horsedrawn streetcars in the 1870's but changed to electric streetcars in the 1890's.
Study Questions:
Did the accident prompt new safety measures regarding drawbridges in Milwaukee?
What were the reasons why streetcars became obsolete?
Did your community have streetcars at one time? If so, when and how long were streetcars used?
Search these newspaper databases for additional stories about street cars:
Newspapers on BadgerLink
Wisconsin Historical Society
U.S. historical events that occurred on February 4:
1789: George Washington is elected the first president of the United States.
1861: Delegates from six southern states meet to form the Confederate States of America.
1945: President Franklin Roosevelt meets with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin at the Yalta conference.
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