Richmond, Virginia streetcar system map, 1891 railroad Much of the process that

Much of the process that was involved in getting the Washington Metro built was the product of political meddling - for instance

This is a map of the Greater Boston MBTA rapid transit system in 1967

I made this

rather than showing every little detail the way that my usual retro maps do

Richmond, Virginia streetcar system map, 1891 railroad Much of the process thatThe inventor of the first practical electric streetcar was a man named Frank Sprague, a former Navy officer and engineer. Its first installation was in Richmond, VA on the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in 1888. His system was vastly superior to all others that it set the standard for urban transportation for decades. This is the pioneering Richmond streetcar system in 1891, when the trains were pulled by a mix of horses, steam trains, alongside