Newburyport Car Manufacturing Company was a street car builder in
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 18,289 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A historic seaport with a vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes p ...
from 1887 to 1905. Business began with
horsecar
A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is a tram or streetcar pulled by a horse.
Summary
The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public transport, public rail transport, ...
s, but the company folded due to the introduction of
electric street car
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
s.
Products
* SE DT streetcar
Clients
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Montreal Street Railway Company
Prior to 1959, Montreal, Quebec, Canada had an extensive tram, streetcar system. The streetcar network had its beginnings with the horsecar era of the Montreal City Passenger Railway in 1861. The initial line was along Rue Notre-Dame, Rue Notre ...
References
Newburyport Car Manufacturing Company
Horsecar manufacturers
Companies based in Newburyport, Massachusetts
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