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[edit]DescriptionColumbus Railway, Power & Light Company car 1000.jpg |
English: "Constructed by the J. G. Brill Company, Car #1000 was a double decker and the largest streetcar to operate in Columbus. It was too large to negotiate turns and was restricted to operating on the North & South High Street line beginning February 24, 1914. The car could carry eighty-one passengers but tight spiral stairs to the upper deck proved cumbersome. The car was also too heavy for the track and was taken out of service and sold after only one year. Public transportation began in Columbus in 1863 with the introduction of horse drawn cars on North High Street. The horse cars were starting to be replaced by electric cars in the late 1880s. A short experimental electric rail line was constructed between North High Street and the Ohio State Fair Grounds on Chittenden Avenue in 1888. In the early 1890s there were several small independent electric street railway companies operating in the city of Columbus, Ohio. They were all brought together under one management as the Columbus Street Railway Company in 1892. When the electric power company was added the name was changed to the Columbus Railway & Light Company and later changed again to the Columbus Railway, Power & Light Company (CRP&L), then to the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company (1937). Electric street rail transportation came to an end in Columbus in September 1948. The J. G. Brill Company manufactured streetcars and buses in the United States. The company was founded by John George Brill in 1868 as a horsecar manufacturing firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merged with the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) in 1944 to become ACF-Brill and ceased production in 1954. Brill manufactured over 45,000 streetcars (also known as trolleys or trolley cars in the U.S.), motor buses, trolleybuses and railroad cars. At its height, it was the largest manufacturer of streetcars and interurbans in the U.S. It produced more streetcars and interurbans and gas electrics than any other manufacturer." |
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circa 1914 date QS:P,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Source | https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/transport/id/6300 |
Author | Unknown authorUnknown author |
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