Hershey Transit Contributor(s): Trolley, Friends Of the Hershey (Author), The Hershey Derry Township Historical So (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738598305 ISBN-13: 9780738598307 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Transportation | Railroads - History - Transportation | Railroads - Pictorial |
Series: Images of Rail |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
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Publisher Description: When Milton S. Hershey broke ground to construct his new chocolate factory in 1903, many questioned the wisdom of building in the middle of a cornfield. With his factory wedged between the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad tracks and the Berks & Dauphin Turnpike, Hershey set out to create a first-rate street railway system. The Hershey Transit Company existed many years after the trolley industry declined in most areas of the United States. It was the chief mode of travel for the chocolate factory workers, vital to dairy farmers for transport of fresh milk to the factory, and essential to students of the Hershey Industrial School housed in surrounding farms. On the weekends, the transit system brought people from outlying areas into Hershey, Pennsylvania, to enjoy the theater or the famous Hershey Park for employee picnics, family outings, or special occasions. Hershey Transit documents one of the best-known and well-kept streetcar systems, started by Milton S. Hershey and operated from 1904 to 1946. |
Contributor Bio(s): Trolley, Friends Of the Hershey: - These historic images, which depict the transit system s connections from Hershey, Pennsylvania, to neighboring communities in Campbelltown, Elizabethtown, Hummelstown, Lebanon, and Palmyra, come from the historical society s collection as well as the private collections of Stan Bowman, Neil Fasnacht, Don Rhoads Jr., and Chick Siebert. |