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Posted 04 December 2016 - 05:06 PM

Restoration progress on Winona # 10.

 

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Posted 05 January 2017 - 09:50 AM

 

 

A streetcar named Winona

The year is 1892. 

After almost 10 years of horse-drawn streetcars rolling throughout Winona, it was announced that electric streetcars were on the horizon. On January 21, local and state officials boarded the first electric streetcar to take the inaugural ride west to Wagon Works on West Fifth Street from Slade Drug Store on Main and Third streets. While the ride to Wagon Works, which took all of 10 minutes and was deemed a success, the streetcar ran into problems when it tried to make the return trip. When it made its way to Center Street, one of the switches failed to operate and the local leaders couldn’t finish the trip.

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