Holyoke Street Railway: Sequence 5
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Silent color footage of the Holyoke Street Railway Co. Footage includes: trolley cars traveling on Canal St. High St., Suffolk St., and Pleasant St, a tool car, trolley cars proceeding to Mountain Park to be destroyed, trolley cars being burned at Mountain Park, workers salvaging steel and copper from the remains, a lineman cutting down trolley wires, workers tearing up track. This film was shot sometime in the late 1930s, just before the trolley system was dismantled. Footage is courtesy of the Holyoke History Room and Archives of the Holyoke Public Library.
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As a kid, in the 70s, I used to walk along the track beds that are out in the woods. Always wondered what the streetcars looked like in action. Canal and High streets looked vibrant and prosperous in the video. Thanks to whoever put these videos up.
Holyoke, the Venice of North American, I visited it once, very beautiful
I wish Holyoke still had that trolley system. That would've been SO COOL & way better than average PVTA buses. *sigh*
A-Mazing.
the true is thing Changes not all spanish control holyoke is a mixed city and it cant be same the 4ever only 5 yrs and I Know Who holyoke is
shit holyoke looks better in da video dan it does now lol
Spanish?
@43Magicman
3 жыл бұрын
Spanish my penis...Racist pig.
@jimmoynahan1516
3 жыл бұрын
@@43Magicman what an asshole!
Mmm, lead paint and asbestos fumes.
I'll never understand, why on earth burn them, not even try to salvage these machines for parts? Guess it shows how attitudes have changed. Say what you will about Holyoke today, it seems it was the folks in the past who made some dumb mistakes and we're all living with it now.
@elisasuperiordork6755
5 жыл бұрын
Burning trolley cars was a standard practice across the country. Apart from trolley enthusiasts, there really wasn’t anybody around who wanted trolley cars, or trolley parts. It was a fast, cheap way to seperate what was worth something (scrap metal) from what was not (wooden trolley bodies, benches, etc). It’s terribly sad to watch, does make you wonder if there wasn’t something else that could have been done, but it’s just “how it was done” back then. Pretty much every trolley line in the area used this method to dispose of their old wooden trolley cars.