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Friday, July 20, 2012

Photos of Indianapolis Public Transit, 1890-1940

Posted by on Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM

Thanks to the Indiana Historical Society and IndyGo for the following pictures. They give a glimpse of what downtown Indianapolis was like about 100 years ago.

click to enlarge This map, from 1907, shows that 43 independent lines, 18 steam and 25 interurbans entered the city. A belt railroad surrounded the city, as well. At this time, Indianapolis was a major steam railroad and interurban center. - Indiana Historical Society, The Commercial Club
  • Indiana Historical Society, The Commercial Club
  • This map, from 1907, shows that 43 independent lines, 18 steam and 25 interurbans entered the city. A belt railroad surrounded the city, as well. At this time, Indianapolis was a major steam railroad and interurban center.
click to enlarge East Tenth electric bus no. 527 and East Tenth streetcar no. 472. - Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company
click to enlarge Streetcars at a bustling intersection of Washington St. in 1906. - Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company
click to enlarge Aerial view off a downtown street. Plenty of room for the streetcars, pedestrians and four lanes of traffic. - Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company
click to enlarge Indianapolis was a city in transition in 1905. Shown here with the varying modes of transportation, including horse-drawn carriages, bicycles, automobiles and interurbans all found on the same city block. This is the Traction Terminal, located on the corner of Market and Illinois streets. At the time, it was the largest interurban station in the world. - Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company
  • Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company
  • Indianapolis was a city in transition in 1905. Shown here with the varying modes of transportation, including horse-drawn carriages, bicycles, automobiles and interurbans all found on the same city block. This is the Traction Terminal, located on the corner of Market and Illinois streets. At the time, it was the largest interurban station in the world.
click to enlarge The corner of Washington and Illinois streets in 1916. During this period, Indianapolis was not yet taken over by automobiles and streetcars were the choice mode of transportation. - Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company
click to enlarge This picture, from the late 1800s, shows a mule-drawn streetcar which provided public transportation downtown. - Indiana Historical Society, W.H. Bass Photo Company

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