Memphis Street Railway Co. streetcar system map, January 1945 Size:24x36 with three competing transit companies:

with three competing transit companies: the Market Street Railway

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all of this would eventually be eliminated and replaced with buses

Memphis Street Railway Co. streetcar system map, January 1945 Size:24x36 with three competing transit companies:Memphis used to have a much more extensive rail system than the one that exists today. As late as World War II, most of the old City of Memphis had an extensive streetcar system, supplemented by trolleybuses. This is before surburbanization and the highway era made the mid South boom, and Memphis became the city characterized by its modern suburban sprawl. Designed in New York, printed in Nashville, Tennessee. Printed on Satin finish 80# cover stock