Book ID: CBB834553598

Kansas City Streetcars (2011)

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Edward A. Conrad (Author)


Heartland Rails Publishing Co.


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 416
Language: English

When it came to rail-based mass transit, Kansas City had it all. From the first horse car to the last streetcar, the KC transit scene was replete with every type of public transit during its 88 years of existence.

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Review Peter A. Hansen (Spring/Summer 2012) Review of "Kansas City Streetcars". Railroad History (pp. 114-115). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Post, Robert C.
Ureta, Sebastián
Williams, James C.
Errázuriz, Tomás
Ling-Ming Huang
Jan Gympel
Journals
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
San Jose Studies
Technology's Stories
The Journal of Transport History
Publishers
Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado (UAH)
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Greenwood Press
Indiana University Press
McFarland
MIT Press
Concepts
Urban transportation
Local transit
Streetcars, electric
Land transportation
Transportation
Railroads
People
George Smith Duncan
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Chile
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Great Britain
Berlin (Germany)
California (U.S.)
Institutions
Chilian Electric Tramway & Light Co.
Transantiago
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