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Harrison Street Viaduct



Harrison Street Viaduct
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Title: Harrison Street Viaduct
Description: Rail car passing over the Harrison Street viaduct on the Wingra Park line. The line served the growing suburbs of University Heights, Oakland Heights, and Wingra Park. This car had ten bench seats running across the car and was rated as a fifty-passenger car. Such cars were extensively used for tranporting huge crowds back and forth to the circus grounds and for refreshing summer rides.
Image ID: 26617
Creation
Date: 		1906 ca.
Creator
Name: 		Unknown
City, State: Madison, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Middleton, Clara : Middleton Family Photographs, ca. 1892-ca. 1920
Genre: Photographs
Subjects: Railroad bridges
Railroads, Elevated
Railroad passenger cars
 

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