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#11 KevinKorell

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Posted 16 April 2018 - 01:11 PM

Biz Times, 4/16/18:

 


 

Who’s going to ride the streetcar?

 

 

As the streetcar rolled off a truck onto the tracks on West St. Paul Avenue in downtown Milwaukee on March 26, onlookers scrambled to record the moment.

 

 

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Posted 27 June 2018 - 11:58 AM

Milwaukee, WI Journal-Sentinel, 6/25/18:

 


 

Milwaukee completes construction of initial streetcar route

 

 

The first full route on the Milwaukee streetcar's tracks has been completed.

 

 

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Posted 22 July 2018 - 08:39 PM

WITI-TV Milwaukee, WI 7/2/18:
 

  ‘Last Weld’ ceremony marks completion of track laying for streetcar; ‘Watching history be made’

 

 

MILWAUKEE -- Two pieces of rail were welded together at noon on Monday, July 2 to symbolically create a commemorative "last weld" to celebrate the substantial completion of construction for the initial streetcar route of The Hop, Milwaukee's streetcar.

 

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"Last Weld" of Milwaukee streetcar

 

The ceremony signified the completion of the track laying for the streetcar.

 

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