Object Details
- John Stephenson Company Limited
- Description
- This streetcar was originally built for the Pennsylvania Avenue route of the Washington and Georgetown Rail Road. After about 1898, it was converted to a trailer car which was coupled to an electric car. It's original number was "247," but it was renumberd "212" in 1898, and, later, as "1512". The car was restored in 1965 and retains the number "212".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- D.C. Transit, Inc., through O. Roy Chalk
- 1892
- used date
- 1892-ca 1910
- ID Number
- TR.335092
- accession number
- 252681
- catalog number
- 335092
- Object Name
- Streetcar trailer
- Measurements
- overall: 9 ft x 8 ft x 24 ft; 2.7432 m x 2.4384 m x 7.3152 m
- overall: 122 in x 90 1/2 in x 289 in; 309.88 cm x 229.87 cm x 734.06 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_689032
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1491-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
