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Author:	Andrew D. Young
Title:	The St. Louis Streetcar Story
Publisher:	Interurban Press
Country:	USA
Date:	1988
Format:	Hardcover
Class Number:	388.460977866
Genre:	Transport, History
ISBN-10:	0916374793
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Special 108 Spring 1988
232 pages

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WPLives 22nd Jul 2021		Fascinating and comprehensive study of the evolution of public transportation in St. Louis, MO from the very earliest days of horse drawn omnibuses to the end of streetcar service in 1966 and the use of modern diesel buses. This is the story of the growth of an enormously complex system: the cars, the power stations, shops, car barns, routes, services, early and later technological developments. And it covers the whole spectrum of cars: the horse drawn buses, cable cars, electric street railways, the special intramural street railway for the St. Louis's World Fair, early buses, PCC cars, and diesel buses. And the people who built they system -- the politicians, engineers, system employees -- are also covered along with the franchise finagling, boodle and bribery that accompanied the use and misuse of the municipal franchise. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With maps, including two on the end papers. 229 pages with index.

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