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The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George W. Hilton; John F. Due is a hobbies available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Electric Interurban Railways in America about?
One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban cons
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- Author
- George W. Hilton; John F. Due
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781503619074
- Category
- hobbies
- Subjects
- Transportation, Stem
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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