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Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County (Images of Rail)

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Electric streetcars and interurbans gave the impression in Washtenaw County within the 1890s. Evolved from horse-drawn streetcars, electric cars were ideal for public transportation. They were cheap, fast, and went to a variety of places. The system developed around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, branching out to Detroit to the east and Jackson to the west. Bigger and better equipment was once added, and bigger companies took over the small ones. In western Washtenaw County, two interurban railways engaged in a struggle for survival. Sometimes the interurbans crashed into buildings or one any other, with disastrous results. Electric Trolleys of Washtenaw County explains how electric mass transportation flourished starting within the 1890s, why it bloomed, and why it all at once become extinct after only some decades.

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