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Accident Investigation? Pete Walsh, 11/24/2021
Photographs ➔ Photograph, Electric Streetcar, Scribner Avenue Route
Identifier:
2018.5.24Description:
This is a black and white photograph of an electric streetcar on a snowy street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Several people are standing near the streetcar; several cars are parking along the street. Signage on the streetcar identifies it as part of the Scribner route, possibly the #5 Wealthy-Scribner route.This streetcar may have been built by the the Cincinnati Car Company in 1912.
After the era of horsecars (1865 - 1892) and cable cars (1888 - 1891) had ended and before the era of motor buses (1932 - present) began, the city of Grand Rapids used electric streetcars (1891 - 1935) for its public transit system.
Date:
1912 – 1930Materials:
Photographic PrintDimensions:
8 1/8"" h 10"" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
In Memory of Nelson G. McBrideLinks:
http://www.therapidian.org/streetcars-grand-rapidshttp://www.historygrandrapids.org/article/4512/the-street-railway-system-of-g
Related Entities:
Mary Susan McBride (donor) The Rapid (is related to)Alternate names: Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority, Grand Rapids City Coach Lines, Grand Rapids Motor Coach Company, Grand Rapids Railroad Company, Grand Rapids Transit Authority
2000: The Rapid
1978: Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority
1963: Grand Rapids Transit Authority
1954: Grand Rapids City Coach Lines
1937: Grand Rapids Motor Coach Company
1900: Grand Rapids Railroad Company (Grand Rapids Railway Company)
1890: Consolidated Street Railway Company Cincinnati Car Company (creator)
The Cincinnati Car Company, later known as the Cincinnati Car Corporation, designed and built interurban railway cars, streetcars, and busses in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1902 and 1931.
