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- 008 140623s2014 paua b 001 0 eng c
- 020 __ |a 9780816673087 |q (hc ; |q alk. paper)
- 020 __ |a 081667308X |q (hc ; |q alk. paper)
- 035 __ |a (OCoLC)877364977
- 040 __ |a PSt/DLC |b eng |e rda |c UPM |d DLC |d YDXCP |d BTCTA |d BDX |d OCLCF |d UKMGB |d CDX |d MEU |d COO |d ORU |d OCLCQ |d TDS |d DUD |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCL |d IG# |d OCLCA
- 043 __ |a n-us-mn |a n-us-wi
- 050 00 |a TF725.D85 |b I83 2014
- 082 00 |a 388.4/609776771 |2 23
- 100 1_ |a Isaacs, Aaron, |d 1949- |e author.
- 245 10 |a Twin ports by trolley : |b the streetcar era in Duluth-Superior / |c Aaron Isaacs.
- 260 __ |a Minnneapolis : |b University of Minnesota Press, |c [2014]
- 300 __ |a xvii, 342 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 27 cm
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (page 337) and index.
- 520 __ |a An international seaport and an industrial powerhouse, Duluth was a natural for streetcar service, but making it successful was a challenge. The city, some twenty-five miles long yet only three miles wide in most places, has the tallest and steepest hills in Minnesota and a harbor separating it from its sister city, Superior, Wisconsin. Twin Ports by Trolley charts the history of the streetcar system that met the unique difficulties posed by Duluth, from the Interstate Bridge that crossed the harbor to the Incline Railway that carried travelers more than five hundred feet above Lake Superior. Following the rails as horse-drawn cars gave way to electric trolleys, Aaron Isaacs takes us into the workings of the DuluthSuperior streetcars: politics and corporate maneuvers, engineering and maintenance, scheduling and setting routes, running and riding the trolleys. Along the way we meet motormen and conductors (including twenty-one women who stepped in during World War I) and learn what its like to run a streetcar through obstacles ranging from heavy snowstorms to Halloween pranks to the heroism of evacuating a burning neighborhood. Then we ride the rails in a typical car, with a floor of varnished wood and seats of cushioned rattan, and a not-so-typical luxury car, outfitted to the nines with velvet curtains and a bar for lucrative?streetcar parties.? We experience the ride, whether buying a token or braving the smokers on the rear platform when boarding, and we learn the routes as the streetcars deliver, along with passengers, mail pouches and newspapers, dogs, and, in the case of the Park Point funeral car, corpses and mourners. Isaacs traces traffic patterns and geographic features for each line and describes imaginary trips on three of the most interesting routes. The book is, finally, a tour of the Twin Ports over time, with a wealth of maps and photographs illustrating routes and landmarks and picturing the people who made the rails hum. Interviews and newspaper features,?day-after reports? and management memos, stories told by employees and onlookersall contribute to a rich evocation of a fascinating historical era. The streetcars are long gone from Duluth and Superior, but remnants survive if one knows where to lookand this street-level exploration points the way.
- 546 __ |a Text in English.
- 650 _0 |a Street-railroads |z Minnesota |z Duluth |x History.
- 650 _0 |a Street-railroads |z Wisconsin |z Superior |x History.
- 650 _0 |a Street-railroads |x Rolling stock |z Minnesota |z Duluth |x History.
- 650 _0 |a Street-railroads |x Rolling stock |z Wisconsin |z Superior |x History.
- 650 _6 |a Tramways |x Mate riel roulant |z Minnesota |z Duluth |x Histoire.
- 650 _6 |a Tramways |x Mate riel roulant |z Wisconsin |z Superior |x Histoire.
- 650 _7 |a Street-railroads. |2 fast
- 650 _7 |a Street-railroads |x Rolling stock. |2 fast
- 651 _0 |a Duluth (Minn.) |x History.
- 651 _0 |a Superior (Wis.) |x History.
- 651 _7 |a Minnesota |z Duluth. |2 fast
- 651 _7 |a Wisconsin |z Superior. |2 fast