Posted July 15, 200915 yr Here are some historical photos of streetcars in Columbus. Streetcars ran in Columbus from 1863 until 1948. One of the first streetcars in Columbus in 1863. The earliest Columbus streetcars were pulled by horses. The strike is on in front of the Metropole Hotel, 71 South High Street. In late July 1910, 500 members of the streetcar workers union hit the bricks. They wanted their pay upped to 24 cents an hour. Columbus Railway Power & Light used the double-decker only in 1914, finding it too slow to unload. Streetcars and automobiles share the road on High Street near the Lazarus building in downtown Columbus. At the corner of Broad and High, a trolley car with a billboard urges the buying of war bonds during World War I. Looking north on High St., passengers board a streetcar near Gay St. High St., looking north from State St. on January 21, 1937. In 1947, streetcars stand idle behind this White Castle restaurant at 2725 N. High St. Motorman Charles Davis is about to start the last streetcar run from Broad and High streets to Blenheim Road near Whetstone Park in Clintonville just before midnight on Sept. 6, 1947.
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