| Brooklyn Streetcars Contributor(s): Branford Electric Railway Association (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738557617 ISBN-13: 9780738557618 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: In the summer of 1854, the Brooklyn City Railroad opened four separate streetcar lines. The lines were introduced here several years before they were brought to larger cities, such as Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia, demonstrating the cityas modernization and ingenuity. From its first introduction, Brooklyn had one of the nationas largest urban transit systems. With the advent of streetcars, the population in Brooklyn grew from about 139,000 to over 2.5 million by the time streetcars were retired. The street railway blended mobility with innovation, prompting one-third of New York Cityas population to call Brooklyn home. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2007935340 |
| Series: Images of Rail |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.6" W x 9.2" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
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| Publisher Description: In the summer of 1854, the Brooklyn City Railroad opened four separate streetcar lines. The lines were introduced here several years before they were brought to larger cities, such as Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia, demonstrating the city s modernization and ingenuity. From its first introduction, Brooklyn had one of the nation s largest urban transit systems. With the advent of streetcars, the population in Brooklyn grew from about 139,000 to over 2.5 million by the time streetcars were retired. The street railway blended mobility with innovation, prompting one-third of New York City s population to call Brooklyn home." |
Contributor Bio(s): Branford Electric Railway Association: - In Brooklyn Streetcars, Michael Schreiber, librarian at the Branford Electric Railway Association and editor of this volume, documents the changes in the streetcar lines throughout the railway s history in Brooklyn. The vintage images come from the association s archives as well as the private collections of Edward B. Watson, Arthur J. Lonto, and Frank Pfuhler. |