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[[Image:PensacolaTrolley.jpg|thumb|A trolley travels south on [[Palafox Street]], circa 1920s]] | [[Image:PensacolaTrolley.jpg|thumb|A trolley travels south on [[Palafox Street]], circa 1920s]] | ||
− | The '''Pensacola streetcar (trolley) system''' | + | The '''Pensacola streetcar (trolley) system''' was operated by the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] in [[downtown Pensacola]] between the years [[1906]] and [[1932]]. At its peak, a total of 30 trolley cars carried four million passengers per year (1920).<ref>[http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/historicdotphotos/rail/pentrolley.htm MyFlorida.com]</ref> Routes included a line in [[Gadsden Street]] [crossing the old [[Bayou Texar]] Bridge to East Pensacola Heights] and a line to [[Kupfrian's Park]]. Also included was a loop encompassing Palafox Street, West Gadsden Street, North Spring Street, and West DeSoto Street back to Palafox, with a turnaround spur reaching on Gadsden past Spring to North [[Reus Street]]. Partially covered tracks and barely concealed right-of way are clearly visible on Gadsden [especially the turnaround track] and DeSoto Street. Another loop reached Old [[East Hill]] via [[Government Street]] to [[Alcaniz Street]] and back to Gadsden. The trolley was discontinued six years after Pensacola Electric Company's [[1932]] merger with [[Gulf Power]]. |
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− | At its peak, a total of 30 trolley cars carried four million passengers per year (1920).<ref>[http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/historicdotphotos/rail/pentrolley.htm MyFlorida.com]</ref> | ||
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==Other images== | ==Other images== | ||
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Image:Car35.jpg|Conductors by street car number 35, early 1900s | Image:Car35.jpg|Conductors by street car number 35, early 1900s | ||
Image:SPalafox-streetcars.jpg|South [[Palafox Street]], early 1900s | Image:SPalafox-streetcars.jpg|South [[Palafox Street]], early 1900s | ||
Image:PalafoxStreetcars.jpg|South Palafox Street, date unknown | Image:PalafoxStreetcars.jpg|South Palafox Street, date unknown | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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