The Streetcars of New Orleans

by Louis Hennick

Overview

This extensively illustrated,
240-page volume documents the long and colorful history of streetcar
transportation in the city of New Orleans.

This reprint of a 1965 volume,
written by the two leading authorities on the subject, represents the complete
work on the subject of New Orleans traction and urban railways. Featured are
sections on early city transportation, and the golden era of electric traction
(1893-1926), along with technical aspects, trackage, and mileage routes.

A series of maps pinpoints, for
traction enthusiasts, the locations of tracks no longer extant and provides
information on companies that once operated the network of rails. Also included
is a special section on the types of cars that were used throughout the traction
era.

Authors Hennick and Charlton also
have collaborated on a companion volume to this work, Street Railways of
Louisiana, also published by Pelican.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565545687
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	01/31/1975
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	VI
Chapter 1	General History	3
	Introduction	3
	Primal City Transportation	5
	Street Railways Come of Age	9
	The Golden Era of Electric Traction	23
	The Decline of the Street Railway	37
	Succession of Companies	43
Chapter 2	Canal Street Down the Years	49
Chapter 3	Routes	63
Chapter 4	Equipment	105
	Introduction	99
	Single Truck Cars	103
	Double Truck Cars	127
	Trailers	157
	Service Equipment	165
	Steam Locomotives	180
Chapter 5	Track, Paving and Overhead	189
Chapter 6	Powerhouses and Substations	199
Chapter 7	Barns and Shops	203
Chapter 8	Sewerage and Water Board	219
Appendix I	Statistics and Final Compendiums	223
Appendix II	Interesting Projected Street Railways	225
	Bibliography	226
	Index	227