Albuquerque's Early Streetcar System - Albuquerque NM
N 35° 05.003 W 106° 38.879
13S E 349764 N 3883532
This plaque is located on the right-hand side of the Alvarado Transportation Center wall as you walk in from the street, near the fountain.
Waymark Code: WMH174
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2013
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"AN ELECTRIC STREETCAR SYSTEM IN ALBUQUERQUE WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1904 TO REPLACE THE HORSE-DRAWN TROLLEYS.
TWO STREETCAR COMPANIES WERE ESTABLISHED, ONE FOR THE
DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE AND OLD TOWN PLAZA AREAS (THE
ALBUQUERQUE TRACTION COMPANY) AND ANOTHER FOR THE
HUNING HIGHLANDS - UNIVERSITY AREA (THE HIGHLAND). BY
1908 SIX MILES OF TRACK LINKED DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE TO
OLD TOWN PLAZA, WITH LINES RUNNING NORTH TO THE LUMBER
MILL, EAST TO THE HUNING HIGHLANDS AND THE UNIVERSITY, AND
SOUTH TO LOS BARELAS. THE STREETCAR SHOWN IN THIS 1918
PHOTOGRAPH WAS OPERATED BY FEMALE CONDUCTORS KNOWN
AS "MOTORETTES". IN 1929 THE ELECTRIC STREETCAR SYSTEM WAS
ABANDONED AND REPLACED BY BUSES."
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