All Aboard: The History of Mass Transportation in Rhode Island (RI) (Images of America) - Softcover

Molloy Ph.D., Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738534676 ISBN 13: 9780738534671

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

All Aboard: The History of Mass Transportation in Rhode Island covers the period from the Civil War to the creation of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). Each of the seven chapters examines a particular form of travel and its impact on the people and surrounding area. From the horse-drawn omnibus, horse car, and cable tramway to the rumbling buses of modern times, this book welcomes readers to explore various types of bygone transport. As well as a cornucopia of transportation street images, the book reproduces documents, badges, and tokens to provide a comprehensive glimpse of yesteryear; it includes little known facts and stories of life on the road. Learn how the horse car beat out the old-fashioned omnibus to dominate city streets during the Gilded Age, and how the electric streetcar quickly replaced the horse car by the 1890s. Discover the joy that grandparents experienced taking an open bloomer car to Rocky Point or Roger Williams Park. See the rubber-tired, trackless trolleys that ran on electric current from overhead wires. Explore the action of the 1902 railway strike in Providence and Pawtucket that led to the mobilization of the state militia.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor Scott Molloy, who has written and lectured widely about transit history, first realized his love for labor history as a bus driver. He is president and founder of the Rhode Island Labor History Society and has a permanent collection at the Smithsonian named after him in recognition of his hard work and dedication to preserving our past.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0738534676
• ISBN 13: 9780738534671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128