| Vancouver line | |
|---|---|
 A Vancouver line streetcar crossing the Interstate Bridge in 1917 | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Owner | Portland and Vancouver Railway Company (1888–1892) Portland Consolidated Street Railway Company (1892–1895) Portland Railway Company (1895–1908) Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (1908–1940) |
| Locale | East Portland and Albina, Oregon Vancouver, Washington |
| Service | |
| Type | Streetcar |
| History | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Closed | September 1940 |
| Technical | |
| Electrification | Yes |
The Vancouver line was a streetcar route that operated between present-day Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington in the United States.
History edit
On April 24, 1888, the City of East Portland authorized Ordinance No. 646,[1] granting Frank Dekum and Richard L. Durham...[2] The line ran from the Stark Street Ferry near the banks of the Willamette River in East Portland north through Albina along Union Avenue (present-day Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). The line north of Columbia Boulevard was on a trestle bridge above the marshy lowland along the Columbia River. The line ended at the Columbia River opposite of Vancouver, Washington, where a ferry...[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ City of Portland (1905). Devlin, Thomas C. (ed.). The General Ordinances of the City of Portland. Presses of Anderson & Duniway Company. p. 103. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ Harper, Will; et al. (1990). "History of the Albina Plan Area" (PDF). Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Portland State University. pp. 13–17. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ Scott 1924, pp. 200–205.
Bibliography edit
- Labbe, John T. (1980). Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN 0-87004-278-5.
- Scott, Harvey W. (1924). Scott, Leslie M. (ed.). History of the Oregon Country. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press. pp. 200–205 – via Google Books.