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Columbia Railway Company Car Barns, Fifteenth Street & Benning Road Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Columbia Railway Company Car Barns, Fifteenth Street & Benning Road Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Significance: The Columbia Railway Line served H Street and connected with the eastern toll gate of the Columbia Turnpike at 15th and H Streets. Originally a horse car line, it was converted to cable car 1895-1899, thus making it the last cable railway in the U.S.
Survey number: HABS DC-297

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.89686, -76.96022
Google Map of 38.8968555, -76.9602187
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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