An historical account of the street railways of Minneapolis and St. Paul, [undated].

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An historical account of the street railways of Minneapolis and St. Paul, [undated].

An account by Tuckey of the development of the Twin Cities streetcar network (1850s-1890s), providing data on the organization and consolidation of several early companies, construction and extension of the consolidated system, financial investment and employee relations within the St. Paul City Railway Company and the Minneapolis Street Railway Company, the financial condition (1898) of the Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company, and municipal ownership possibilities. An appendix gives construction and equipment costs of the network.

105 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6766345

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Twin City Rapid Transit Company

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Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) operated the streetcar and local bus common carrier system in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area from the 1890s until 1970. For many years the TCRT corporate umbrella included four operating subsidiaries which functioned as a unified transportation system: Minneapolis Street Railway Company, the St. Paul City Railway Company, Minneapolis & St. Paul Suburban Railroad Company, and the Twin City Motor Bus Company. Other TCRT subsidiari...

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Minneapolis Street Railwy Company.

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St. Paul City Railway Company (Minn.)

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