St. John's Street Railway Company
- St. John's Street Railway Company
The St. John's Street Railway Company was formed by Robert G. Reid in 1896 to build an electrical railway in St. John's to provide urban transportation using street cars.[Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume five, page 317, 318] ]The company was given the rights to build an electrical generating station at Petty Harbour and build a transmission line to St. John's from the Petty Harbour Generating Station. The power was 50 cycle power. The first street cars were from the Larivière Car Company out of Montreal, Quebec.[ The cars had a maximum capacity of 50 passengers and traveled at 8 miles per hour.]In 1925 the Newfoundland Light and Power Company took ownership of the company. The cars were then changed out with cars from the Birney Car Company of Ottawa and could reach 20 miles per hour.ee also
* Newfoundland Railway
* Reid Newfoundland Company
References
External links
* [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/railway.html Newfoundland Railway - Newfoundland & Labrador Heritage]
* [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/reid_family.html The Reid Family: Newfoundland]
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