Stephen L Meyers: 2 books
by Stephen L. Meyers
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2006
An amazing assortment of electric trolley lines once traversed the towns and villages of Queens and Long Island. With names like Jamaica Central, Northport Traction, Ocean Electric, and the Steinway lines, some meandered across meadows and hills while others sped over elevated tracks. There was even...
by Stephen L. Meyers
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
By the first quarter of the 20th century, Manhattan had well over 400 miles of streetcar trackage, an investment of several million dollars. Less than 50 years later, the rail system had completely vanished. Manhattan�s Lost Streetcars chronicles the finance, political pressures, and advancing technology...