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Showing posts with label New York Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company. Show all posts

Monday, March 1, 2010

Flynn Syndicate Buys the City Island Horse Car Line in 1907 to Incorporate it Into Electric Trolley Line

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Regular readers know that recently I have been assembling research on the horse car line that once ran from Bartow Station to the end of City Island when the area was part of the Town of Pelham.  For examples of postings containing such research, see:

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Actions to Stop the Construction of a Trolley Line on Shore Road in 1899 and 1900

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.In 1899 and 1900, as companies worked hard to cover the region with trolley tracks to improve mass transit, efforts were underway to develop a trolley line along Shore Road to move thousands of passengers to the recreational center and amusement park on Glen Island.