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Books : Brooklyn Streetcars (Images of Rail: New York)In association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.99 Amazon.com's Price: $13.59 You Save: $6.40 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 974 EAN: 9780738557618 ISBN: 0738557617 Label: Arcadia Publishing Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: July 01, 2008 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Release Date: September 29, 2008 Studio: Arcadia Publishing Sales Rank: 532648 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In the summer of 1854, the Brooklyn City Railroad opened four separate streetcar lines. The lines were introduced here several years before they were brought to larger cities, such as Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia, demonstrating the city’s modernization and ingenuity. From its first introduction, Brooklyn had one of the nation’s largest urban transit systems. With the advent of streetcars, the population in Brooklyn grew from about 139,000 to over 2.5 million by the time streetcars were retired. The street railway blended mobility with innovation, prompting one-third of New York City’s population to call Brooklyn home. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Incredible Tour of Brooklyn by Trolley!This recent edition of Arcadia's Images of Rail series takes you on a magnificent tour of New York's most populous borough by street railway. Students of New York's transit history may also know that this isn't the first publication on the subject. Back in the 1980's, James C. Greller published "Brooklyn Trolleys", which in its own right, is also an excellent book. Whereas the Greller book focuses on the different car types that roamed the streets of Brooklyn, the Arcadia book takes ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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