Railroad: Detroit City Railway Company, The

Acquired various → Detroit City Railway → Detroit Citizens Street Railway

 Built: 1863 in Detroit.

Operated for 27 years.

Became: Detroit Citizens Street Railway in 1890

Reference: [MRRC]

Image Info: An 1885 photo of a horse-drawn street car in Detroit.

Notes

Acquired the following street railway lines:

• Russell Street, St. Aubin & Detroit and Milwaukee Junction Railway - in 1876 (including the St. Aubin Avenue Street Railway)
• Hamtramck Street Railway - in 1881
• Congress & Baker Street Railway - in 1882 (including the Detroit & Grand Trunk Junction Street Railway)
• Cass Avenue Railway - in 1882

This line was originally horse-powered, then electric.

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