Taras Grescoe 🚇 on Nostr: By 1920, the network of interurbans in the US was so dense that a determined commuter ...
By 1920, the network of interurbans in the US was so dense that a determined commuter could hop interlinked streetcars from Waterville, Maine, to Sheboygan, Wisconsin—a journey of 1,000 miles—exclusively by electric trolley.
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