York County Trolleys

Until hard surface, all-weather thoroughfares were constructed and private automobiles became numerous, residents of York County depended on trolleys for local transportation. Many people commuted regularly to and from work on the electric cars, which also carried children to school from September through June. In the winter, when streets, roads, and highways were buried under deep drifts, powerful snowplows swiftly cleared the street railway tracks after severe storms so the trolleys could get through. Maine's York County boasted more than 100 miles of trolley lines from 1907 through 1922. The World War I years were difficult for street railways throughout the United States. Soon after the conflict ended, automobiles began rolling off the assembly lines at progressively more attractive prices. As the nation entered the "Roaring Twenties," more and more residents of York County acquired motorcars and no longer needed the trolleys that had served them so faithfully through the years. York County Trolleys takes us on a visual journey from Kittery to Old Orchard Beach, from Old Orchard to Portland, and inland to Eliot, South Berwick, and Sanford.

About the author

O.R. Cummings, a retired journalist, has been a trolley enthusiast since 1940 and has been a member of the New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc. since 1942.

Summary

Local history of York County

Product details

• Authors: O R Cummings, O. R. Cummings
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780738501376
• ISBN: 978-0-7385-0137-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 308 g
• Series: Images of America; Images of America (Arcadia Pub; Images of America (Arcadia Publishing); Images of America (Arcadia Pub; Images of America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous