Motor Line Improvement Company waiting station at Woodland avenue and Lewis street; built in 1892; converted to a residence; Glen Avon Presbyterian church built in 1893; florist in station
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Streetcar 78 was built for Duluth in 1892 by the Laclede Car Company of St. Louis. It survives today in the collection of the Minnesota Streetcar Museum and operates at its streetcar line in Excelsior.
Looking north from the south bank of the Mississippi River at an open streetcar crossing the Robert Street bridge, with downtown St. Paul in the background.
An early single truck streetcar, modified with the state-mandated enclosed front platform, poses with its crew outside the 31st Street Station on Nicollet Avenue.
New standard gauge track was laid next to old narrow gauge track to permit continued operation during conversion from horsecars to electric cars. Printed in Germany.