Columbia Railway Company Car Barns, Fifteenth Street & Benning Road Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
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
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.89686, -76.96022
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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