Last Cable Cars - Denver, CO
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Outspoken1
N 39° 44.393 W 104° 59.308
13S E 500988 N 4398887
Marks the spot of the last cable cars in Denver, CO
Waymark Code: WM9D70
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2010
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The plaque reads:
This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado
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This plaque was presented to the City of Denver by the Colorado State Historical Society and the American Pioneer Trails Association on June 3, 1950, the day street cars were retired and the city's transit system was converted to rubber-tired vehicles.
The plaque commemorates the passing of the street car which served the city's transit needs for nearly 80 years starting with the horse car December 17, 1871. The plaque is placed here near near the site at the corner of Colfax and Broadway of the large cable house which provided power for the transit lines during the era when the Welton Street Line was one of the longest street car cable lines in the world, 65,000 feet.
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Placed by the State Historical Society of Colorado through the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation.
1960
Street car service started on December 17, 1871 with horse drawn vehicles. This was later switched to cable pulled trolleys. The cable house was located at this site. Visit Waymark (
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visit link) is a photograph of the last remaining Denver cable car at the Forney Museum.