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Pensacola streetcar system

617 bytes added, 22:18, 7 May 2008
Private research; I while living in Pensacola, I researched the old trolley lines and physically traced the routes.
[[Image:PensacolaTrolley.jpg|thumb|A trolley travels south on [[Palafox Street]]]]
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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