Believe it or not, Cleveland had a large network of streetcars during the first half of the twentieth century. The Cleveland Railway operated the streetcars, which began running in 1910. The lines were numerous, running on Madison, Clark, West 25th, Superior, Lorain, Euclid, St. Clair, Detroit, Mayfield, Kinsman and many others. The Cleveland Transit System took over from the Cleveland Railway system in 1942 and only 12 years later the streetcars shut down.
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Vintage Photos: When Streetcars Roamed Cleveland
By Scene Staff on Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 12:32 pm
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Cleveland Railway Car 565 at Central Ave. and East 83rd Street, 1905
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Trolley Cars at Public Square, 1912
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Superior Viaduct, 1912
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Trolley cars at Euclid and East 9th St., Hanna Building visible, 1921
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Cleveland Railway Double Decker Buses, 1926
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View of East 9th and Euclid looking east. Work is being done on the rails on Euclid Avenue, 1929
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Cleveland Railway Car 907 at East 79th Street and Euclid Avenue, 1930
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Streetcars at Broadway and Harvard, 1930
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Cleveland Railway Co. doing repairs at 2600 Euclid Ave., 1933
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Cleveland Railway Car 1372 at East 9th St. and Pier, 1938
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