Description
The clanging of a streetcar’s bell conjures images of a time when street railways were a standard a part of life within the city. Historic Canal Street represents the average ground between old and new with buses driving alongside steel rails and electric wires that once guided streetcars.
New Orleans used to be probably the most first cities to embrace street railways, and town’s love affair with streetcars has never ceased. New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line showcases photographs, diagrams, and maps that detail the rail line from its origin and golden years, its decline and disappearance for just about 40 years, and its return to operation. From the French Quarter to the cemeteries, the Canal Line ran in the course of the heart of town and linked the Creole Faubourgs with the brand new neighborhoods that stretched to Lake Pontchartrain.