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	Washington, D.C. - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its western side) and Maryland (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River's southern shore both upstream and downstream from the District.
		Washington's situation can also be compared to the historical status of U.S. territories, which at one time or another has described all parts of the U.S. except the Eastern Seaboard and Texas, which also had only a non-voting delegate to the House.
		The George Washington University, founded by an act of Congress in 1821, is the largest institution of higher education in the nation's capital with its main campus in Foggy Bottom and its Mount Vernon campus in the Foxhall neighborhood of Northwest Washington.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Washington_DC (6976 words)

	Washington streetcars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the beginning of the 20th Century, the streetcar system was fully electrified; conduit cars were used downtown, and trolley cars were used in the outer areas and for the interurban streetcars.
		Because overhead wires were forbidden, trolley cars were not used, and instead all Washington streetcars were conduit cars, where electric power was delivered to the cars by way of an underground delivery system that can be thought of as a "third rail" but was in fact technologically different.
		The streetcar drew power from this mechanism through a plow, an electrical contact which was attached to the underside of the carriage and extended more than one foot beneath the surface of the street through a slot running down the middle of the track.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_streetcars (3717 words)

	East Capitol Car Barn
		In 1889 and 1890, the United States Congress required streetcar companies in Washington to convert from animal traction to some form of mechanical traction.
		The Washington Railway and Electric Company acquired their property, eventually stabilizing the streetcar business into an efficient network of electric railways instead of competing lines.
		On January 28, 1962, the last streetcar was operated in Washington and the East Capitol Street Car Barn was then used to store buses.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc88.htm (296 words)

	washingtonpost.com: A Ticket to Ride
		Washington banned overhead wires, so cars ran on an underground electrical conduit; elsewhere, aboveground wires were used.
		Streetcars were replaced by buses and autos -- more comfortable and convenient.
		The museum is at 1313 Bonifant Rd. in the Colesville section of Silver Spring.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A29629-2005Jan22?language=printer (149 words)

	America on the Move \| Capital Traction Company Electric Streetcar #303
		Washington was one of the few cities in the world to use an underground conduit.
		The streetcar therefore has an extension affixed to the underside of the car that connected with an electric conduit between the trolley tracks.
		Because the electric streetcar could travel faster than other forms of transportation, many city residents could move beyond the pedestrian city core of row houses and boarding houses to new suburbs of single family homes built along streetcar routes.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_32.html (385 words)

	Washington, D.C. - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, although there is a municipal government and a mayor, as per Article I, Section VIII, of the United States Constitution, Congress has the sole authority over this federal district and thus the municipal government and mayor exist in the shadows of Congress.
		Washington, D.C. is first and foremost a company town, with the primary company being, of course, the federal government.
		Image:WMATA system map.gif The Washington area is also serviced by the Washington Metro public transportation system, which operates public buses (Metrobus) and the region's subway system (Metrorail).
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Washington_DC (6831 words)

	Share and Discover Washington D.C. Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side) and Maryland (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River's southern shore both upstream and downstream from the District.
		Washington's climate is subtropical with some variations between summer and winter, although it is moderated by its proximity to the coast, making its climate more moderate than cities at a similar latitude further inland.
		Washington Metro area is home to several professional sports teams: the MLS D.C. United, the NHL Washington Capitals, the NBA Washington Wizards, the WNBA Washington Mystics, the MLB Washington Nationals, and the NFL Washington Redskins (now based at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland).
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/washington_d.c. (6595 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Interurban Rail Transit in King County and the Puget Sound Region -- A Snapshot History
		At this time, streetcar services and most other utilities were privately financed and owned, although their performance was subject to charters or "franchises" granted by cities and other local governments.
		The rapid multiplication of uncoordinated streetcar and interurban lines in the late nineteenth century begged for consolidation.
		The old streetcar rails were torn up and sold to Japan for scrap.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=2667 (1527 words)

	Washington, D.C. Chapter NRHS (National Railway Historical Society) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He rode from Relay, Md. to Washington on February 14, 1845 prior to his inauguration.
		The East Washington survived for another 40 years or so on a slim diet of a liquor company needing deliveries by rail and mostly delivering coal by rail to the local power company from the place locally as known Chesapeake Jct, the interchange with the B&O near the intersection of Deane Ave.
		This station was in use until the opening of Washington Union Station; its removal from the Mall was one of the major objectives of the Senate Park Commission in 1902.
	www.dcnrhs.org /dc_rail_history.htm (3155 words)

	Washington - March 2005
		Three streetcars from the Czech Republic have been ordered for the Anacostia Light Rail Demonstration Project, a six-station, 2.7-mi.
		The double-ended cars will be built by DPO Inekon, a joint venture of the Czech commercial house Inekon and the transit authority in the Czech city of Ostrava, which has a large, modern maintenance facility capable of building new streetcars.
		Service is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2006 with projected daily ridership of 3,000.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /planWashingtonRTOL2.htm (145 words)

	Washington
		Washington Post Offices by Tim Boardman and Richard W. Helbock is the most comprehensive post office listing.
		Washington has for some years been one of the best states.
		The existing collectors are another year more advanced and there haven't been enough new collectors to offset the loss through age an attrition of the existing base.
	www.postalhistory.com /State/Washington (352 words)

	ABOUT National Capital Trolley Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The National Capital Trolley Museum was founded in 1959 after the abandonment of streetcar service in the District of Columbia had become a certainty.
		The Museum's mission is to preserve and interpret the history of Washington's electric street railways.
		In addition, there is an O-scale model layout representing a Washington streetscape from the 1930's, a film program, and traditional exhibits of street railway artifacts and photographs.
	www.dctrolley.org /about.htm (215 words)

	DC Transit
		When streetcars were to be discontinued, I had asked Dad why and was told how the "ploughs" gave the company problems in the winter.
		Streetcars in DC got their power from a "third rail" BELOW the street.
		Washington, DC to Chesapeake Beach, MD. Tracks were pulled up east of Suitland and the railroad re-named East Washington Railroad.
	mcps.k12.md.us /departments/lansystems/stevetransit.html (484 words)

	Seattle General Strike Project
		Coordinated by Professor James Gregory, the Seattle General Strike Project is sponsored by the University of Washington Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies.
		Much of the remaining work force was idled as stores closed and streetcars stopped running.
		This site is one of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Projects directed by James Gregory and sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington.
	faculty.washington.edu /gregoryj/strike (918 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Trackless trolleys and buses replace streetcars in Seattle Transit System on April 13, 1941.
		The last streetcar run is along 8th Avenue NW in Ballard.
		In 1937, a plan to replace streetcars with buses was defeated at the polls, but the city still struggled for funds.
		Streetcars were driven to scrap yards and rails were pulled up or paved over.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=2536 (264 words)

	Pittsburgh's Last PCC Streetcars (Drake Shuttle) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Drake route was originally built in 1909 as part of an interurban line from Pittsburgh to Washington PA. It branched from a previously existing interurban to Charleroi, at a point called (appropriately enough) Washington Junction.
		Part of the Drake route (from Castle Shannon through Washington Junction to Dorchester) was double-tracked and upgraded, and a short spur was built from Dorchester to South Hills Village.
		Proceeding outbound from Washington Junction, the 47D cars first traversed the upgraded section of the route, and passed several stops (shared with route 42S) that had been rebuilt with concrete platforms and Plexiglas shelters.
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Pittsburgh/Drake (1116 words)

	Black History Month
		Malcom X was one of the most fiery and controversial people of the 20th century; Spike Lee made a biographical film about me which renewed interest in the meaning of his life and death.
		The products that George Washington Carver derived from the peanut and the soybean revolutionized the economy of the South by liberating it from an excessive dependence on cotton.
		A distinguished and highly respected African-American women of the 19th century, one of Sojourner Truth greatest achievements was desegregating the streetcars of Washington, DC.
	www.fatherryan.org /frhsonline/events02/bhm (758 words)

	Light Rail Now! NewsLog - Light Rail Transit News
		Already, the streetcar service is facing demands to run three cars more often, but "We cannot continue to run three cars except on Saturdays due to costs but also due to the basic mechanical fact of life that you always need a spare when you are dealing with complex things having moving parts.
		The dignitaries then rode one of the streetcars across the Main Street Bridge to the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce (Markham and Scott) where they were greeted by Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey and Little Rock Chamber officials for a short dedication ceremony.
		In fact, LRT is projected to reduce the number of congested roadways during the morning peak hours by 38 percent, and by 48 percent in the afternoon peak periods.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_newslog001.htm (13106 words)

	Sojourner Truth memorial project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She sued and won her case against the rich and prominent Folgers (Benjamin H. and Ann), in New York City in 1835, when they wrongly accused and libeled her.
		In 1865, Sojourner was in court again, pressing assault charges against John C. Weeden, a conductor on the public horse-drawn streetcars, of Washington, DC.
		It was during one of her attempts to ride a streetcar, in Washington, DC that the conductor, Mr.
	www.africantic.com /STruthmemorial.htm (950 words)

	Pittsburgh PCC Streetcars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		By the early 1970s, the only routes remaining were the ones which used the Mt. Washington Tunnel just south of the Monongahela River to reach the South Hills area.
		When these pictures were taken, Port Authority Transit was in the process of rehabilitating some of their PCC's, so some cars are in the decrepit old orange and cream paint scheme, while others are freshly painted in gray, red and white.
		In the background is Mount Washington, on top of which you can just barely see the upper terminal of the Monongahela Incline (funicular).
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Pittsburgh/PCC (718 words)

	On Track On Line Forums -> Anacostia Streetcar line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If they wanted a vintage trolley as well, I would have said yesterday KCM might have a few, but the Port of Seattle is stepping in to save the Seattle line(More in the Seattle Waterfront Streetcar Topic).
		The Anacostia Streetcar Line won't open next year as planned because CSX Transportation has made things difficult for acquisition of the branchline WMATA planned to use.
		Here's some recent information that explains why the proposed Anacostia Streetcar Line is languishing but..............may experience a revival.
	www.on-track-on-line.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=9401 (465 words)

	H-DC Discussion Network
		Emancipation debate intensifies when abolitionists free 77 Washington slaves and spirit them away on a boat, The Pearl, only to be stopped and the slaves recaptured.
		June 1, 1871 - The elected mayor and council of Washington City and Georgetown, and the County Levy Court are abolished by Congress and replaced by a governor and council appointed by the president.
		In this act, the jurisdiction and territorial government came to be called the District of Columbia, thus combining the governments of Georgetown, the City of Washington and the County of Washington.
	www.h-net.org /~dclist/timeline1.html (3928 words)

	Washington, DC Light Rail, Rapid Transit, Streetcar, Rail Transit
		Washington, DC Light Rail, Rapid Transit, Streetcar, Rail Transit
		Washington, DC: Suburban and exurban residents favor MetroRail expansion
		Washington, DC: Rail transit ballot measures pass on Nov. 2nd
	www.lightrailnow.org /facts/fa_lrt_wdc.htm (56 words)

	Washington State Postcards, Post Cards & Postal Cards
		Washington subdivisions: A--E F--L M--R S and T--Z.
		On 2 June 1991 this aircraft collided with a tugboat while attempting to take off at Friday Harbor Washington; fortunately no one was injured.
		"WASHINGTON" with interesting map of the state and art depicting lumbering, CWR, 1889 copyright (when its population was about 75,000).
	www.judnick.com /WashingtonState.htm (5594 words)

	Our Kids: Indoor Activities >> Museums >> History Museums
		The mission of the Naval Historical Center is "to enhance the Navy's effectiveness by preserving, analyzing and interpreting its hard-earned experience and history for the Navy and the American people." Given its location at the Washington Naval Yard, your entrance into the center will be hard-earned as well.
		The First Amendment - a covenant between the government and the people - assures that no law will suppress the people's right to a free press, to speak freely, to worship, to assemble in public or to petition the government for redress of grievances." The new Newseum will open in 2007, so stay tuned.
		The Holocaust Memorial Museum is "America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust;" we include it here as an important resource for older children, rather than as a must see for the very young.
	www.our-kids.com /museums-history.shtml (1139 words)

	African American History \| Dr. W. Ed Reed
		During the Civil War, Truth tramped the roads of Michigan collecting food and clothing for fl regiments.
		She traveled to Washington, D.C., where she met with Abraham Lincoln at the White House, and immersed herself in relief work for the freedpeople.
		During Reconstruction, Truth barely supported herself by selling a narrative of her life as well as her "shadows," photographs of herself.
	www.angelfire.com /ex/aahreed/st.html (478 words)

	Organizations Preserving North American Railway Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Desc: Streetcar museum concentrating mainly on cars from the Baltimore streetcar system, which was of a unique gauge.
		Desc: Some years ago a streetcar that had been retired in the 1930's was discovered in a garage in Ohio in pristine (though aged) condition, and is now in storage.
		Desc: The last surviving streetcar from Memphis is preserved at the local history museum in Tupelo as a hamburger stand.
	www.bera.org /pnaerc-orginfo.html (7622 words)

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