FIRST -- Streetcar line in New Orleans -- New Orleans LA
N 29° 56.609 W 090° 04.361
15R E 782554 N 3316127
An Orleans Parish Historical Commission marker at Lee Circle preserves the history of the city's first and oldest streetcar line.
Waymark Code: WMNCB6
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2015
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The St. Charles streetcar line from the Garden District to downtown New Orleans is the world's oldest streetcar line. A historic plaque at Lee Circle shares the history of this important part of the New Orleans transportation grid.
The plaque reads as follows:
"ST. CHARLES LINE
The New Orleans and Carrollton R.R. Co. began passenger train service on September 26, 1835. Steam-powered trains and mule-drawn cars transported New Orleanians between Canal and Carrollton, via St. Charles Avenue.
Improved technology led to the development of electric traction streetcars. The St. Charles line was the first electrified route, opening on February 1, 1893. By 1900, the single line had grown to 28 lines, running over 178 miles. New Orleans first and last streetcar route, the St. Charles Avenue line is the world's oldest operating streetcar line."
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Date of FIRST: 09/26/1835
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