Doesn’t she rumble

Paula Burch-Celentano pburch@tulane.edu

A streetcar rolls down Canal Street past Elk Place, near Tulane’s downtown campus. Streetcar service began in New Orleans in 1861, with horse-drawn streetcars on several routes throughout the city. The Canal Line was the first to become electrified, beginning in July 1894. 

 

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