| 词条 | Lake Street Elevated Railroad |
| 释义 |
|name = Lake Street Elevated Railroad |image = Ashland CTA 060716.jpg |caption =Ashland station, one of the original stations on the Lake Street "L" |type = Rapid transit |system = |status = |locale = Chicago, Illinois |start = |end = |stations = |routes = | daily_ridership = |open = 1893 |close = 1924 (merged into Chicago Rapid Transit Company) |owner = |operator = Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company (1893–1904) Chicago and Oak Park Elevated Railroad (1904–1924) |character = Elevated |stock = |linelength = |tracklength = | tracks = |gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}}[1] | electrification = Third rail, Trolley wire 600 V DC |speed = |elevation = |map = {{Lake Street Elevated Railroad}} }} The Lake Street Elevated Railroad was the second permanent elevated rapid transit line to be constructed in Chicago, Illinois. The first section of the line opened on November 6, 1893,[2] and its route is still used today as part of the Green Line route of the Chicago "L" system. BeginningsThe Lake Street Elevated Railway Company was chartered on February 7, 1888, and granted a 25-year franchise by the city council to build an elevated railroad above Lake Street from Canal Street to the city limits.[3] It was originally planned that the line would use a steam-powered monorail system that had been developed by Joe Meigs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, however the company eventually chose to use more traditional steam locomotives.[2] Construction of the line began in 1889, but potential investors found the franchise too restrictive[2] and a new 40 year franchise was awarded by the city council on November 24, 1890, that allowed the railroad to extend to Market Street in downtown Chicago. By 1892 the company had debts of $17 million and was sold to new owners,[2] renamed the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company, and a new charter was granted on August 24, 1892.[3] The first section, running from the downtown terminal at Market Street and Madison to California Avenue opened to the public on October 28, 1893, and the line was completed to 52nd Avenue (Laramie)—a total length of {{convert|6.4|mi|km|1}}—by April 23, 1894.[1] Service was extended to Austin Avenue in (what was then) the suburb of Austin via a section of track built at-grade on April 15, 1899.[4] References1. ^1 {{cite book |title=Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States |last=Poor |first=H.V. |author2=Poor, H.W. |year=1898 |pages=963 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |title=The Chicago "L" |last=Borzo |first=Greg |year=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago |chapter=Chapter Three: Second "L"—Lake Street |pages=35–42 |isbn=978-0-7385-5100-5 }} 3. ^1 {{cite book |title=Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions upon which Private Corporations Enjoy Special Privileges in the Streets of American Cities |last=Wilcox |first=Delos F. |year=1911 |publisher=The Engineering News Publishing Company |location=New York |pages=470–477 }} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Austin Hails Five-Cent Fares|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=April 15, 1899|page=5}} External links
4 : Railroads in the Chicago Switching District|History of Chicago|Rapid transit in Illinois|Defunct Illinois railroads |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。