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No Overhead Required

STM Collection2004-06-20

Seashore Trolley Museum

Seashore Trolley Museum
Kennebunkport, United States

Portsmouth, Dover & York 108 (NH-ME) at Seashore Trolley Museum

On many lines of the Third Avenue System, the trolley cars drew their power from a slot between the rails, thus avoiding the network of overhead wires otherwise needed to power the cars during their runs. The same system was used in Washington DC.

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  • Title: No Overhead Required
  • Creator: STM Collection
  • Date Created: 2004-06-20
  • Location Created: Kennebunkport, Maine
  • Rights: New England Electric Railway Historical Society (Seashore Trolley Museum)
Seashore Trolley Museum

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