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[[Image:PensacolaTrolley.jpg|thumb|A trolley travels south on [[Palafox Street]]]]
 
[[Image:PensacolaTrolley.jpg|thumb|A trolley travels south on [[Palafox Street]]]]
The [[Pensacola trolley]] 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> The trolley was discontinued six years after Pensacola Electric Company's [[1932]] merger with [[Gulf Power]].
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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> The trolley was discontinued six years after Pensacola Electric Company's [[1932]] merger with [[Gulf Power]].
  
 
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Revision as of 17:45, 14 March 2008

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).[1] The trolley was discontinued six years after Pensacola Electric Company's 1932 merger with Gulf Power.

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