Electric Streetcars

Electric Streetcars (HM2BFL)

Location: Romeo, MI 48065 Macomb County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 48.193', W 83° 0.875'

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Romeo's Historic Movement

On November 18, 1899 the first electric streetcar arrived in Romeo.
It moved up a track in the center of Main Street, connected by long rods to overhead electrical lines. Later, it turned west on St. Clair Street to the new Detroit United Railway station in the former Ketchum Brothers carriage factory. The village connected to the electric streetcar network that had been established across southern Michigan, and Romeo was never again an isolated rural setting. Business, shipping, and recreation grew along the tracks, but the more popular automobile and rising costs brought the electric streetcar system in Romeo to an end in 1931.

You Auto Know
In addition to passenger cars, specialized streetcars included express cars, "double-header" cars linked together, and milk cars for transporting milk cans.
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HM NumberHM2BFL
Series This marker is part of the series
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Year Placed2010
Placed ByMotorCities National Heritage Area, National Park Service
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 17th, 2018 at 11:05am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 335268 N 4740930
Decimal Degrees42.80321667, -83.01458333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 48.193', W 83° 0.875'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 48' 11.58" N, 83° 0' 52.5" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)586, 810
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near N Rawles St, Romeo MI 48065, US
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