The Baltimore City Passenger Railway began operation on July 12, 1859 using horse-drawn cars.
Oden Bowie
Oden Bowie (November 10, 1826December 4, 1894), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 34th Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872.
Childhood
He was born in 1826 at Fairview Plantation in Coll ...
was elected president of the railroad in 1873.
Remaining Structures
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Baltimore City Passenger Railway Power House and Car Barn, 1711-1719 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, built in 1892
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Baltimore City Passenger Railway cable powerhouse, 1100 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, built in 1892
See also
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Baltimore Streetcar Museum
The Baltimore Streetcar Museum (BSM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit museum. It is located at 1911 Falls Road ( MD 25) in Baltimore, Maryland. The museum is dedicated to preserving Baltimore's public transportation history, especially the streetcar er ...
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History of MTA Maryland
The Maryland Transit Administration was originally known as the Baltimore Metropolitan Transit Authority, then the Maryland Mass Transit Administration before it changed to its current name in October 2001. The MTA took over the operations of the ...
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United Railways and Electric Company
The United Railways and Electric Company was a street railway company in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1899 to 1935.
In 1900, the company built the Power Plant in Baltimore's Inner Harbor to provide electrical ...
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References
Defunct Maryland railroads
5 ft 4½ in gauge railways
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