Highland Park Railway Streetcar, "Ampere," Detroit, Michigan, 1890
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The Highland Park Railway - the second electric streetcar company in Metro Detroit - began operation in 1886. It used the Fisher System, which powered cars with an electrified third rail rather than with traditional overhead lines. In this photograph, a streetcar named "Amphere" pulls a trailer along the company's three-mile railway running between Detroit and Highland Park.
The Highland Park Railway - the second electric streetcar company in Metro Detroit - began operation in 1886. It used the Fisher System, which powered cars with an electrified third rail rather than with traditional overhead lines. In this photograph, a streetcar named "Amphere" pulls a trailer along the company's three-mile railway running between Detroit and Highland Park.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1890
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.4374
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
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