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Portland Railway, Light and Power Company charts, 1891-1910
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Portland Railway, Light, and Power Company
- Title
- Portland Railway, Light and Power Company charts
- Dates
- 1891-1910 (inclusive)18911910
- Quantity
- 0.16 cubic feet, (1 oversize folder)
- Collection Number
- Mss 1456
- Summary
- Collection includes plan of Multnomah Street railway cars, 1891; tables of cost per car hour and car mile, 1903-1904; drawing of Munley property, Willamette River Falls Railway, 1904; and distance charts for city lines, circa 1910.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The first public transportation system in Portland, Oregon, began in 1872 as a horsecar line on First Street. When, in 1891, the separate cities of East Portland and Albina joined Portland to form a single city of 88,200 people, the City & Suburban Railway Company merged out of the Willamette Bridge Railway Company and the old Third Street horsecar system. Most of the remaining street railways joined into the Portland Consolidated Street Railway Company. In 1893, the East Side Railway Company gave service between Portland and Oregon City. Around 1907, this entire system of streetcar lines, along with interurban lines and power companies, merged into a single company, the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, which became Portland Electric Power Company in 1924. The high point for electric streetcars was around 1912. Following World War I, streetcar companies competed with the automobile. Trolley buses were introduced in 1936. Interurban passenger service ended in 1958.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection includes plan of Multnomah Street railway cars, 1891; tables of cost per car hour and car mile, 1903-1904; drawing of Munley property, Willamette River Falls Railway, 1904; distance charts for city lines, circa 1910.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company charts, Mss 1456, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Street-railroads--Drawings
- Street-railroads--Oregon--Portland--History
Corporate Names
- Portland Railway, Light, and Power Company
Form or Genre Terms
- administrative records