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- The Story of the Trolley Car by Frank J. Sprague, 1905 - Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur. Sprague, after serving in the U.S. Navy and working for Thomas Edison, developed an electric motor to power streetcars. His motor would transform public transportation. In 1887, he built the first successful, large-scale electric street railway system in Richmond, Virginia. This simply bound volume contains magazine article reprints written by Sprague about early electric railways.
- July 1905-August 1905
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The Story of the Trolley Car by Frank J. Sprague, 1905
Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934) was an inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur. Sprague, after serving in the U.S. Navy and working for Thomas Edison, developed an electric motor to power streetcars. His motor would transform public transportation. In 1887, he built the first successful, large-scale electric street railway system in Richmond, Virginia. This simply bound volume contains magazine article reprints written by Sprague about early electric railways.