Canal Street, 1890
This file appears in: Dryades Streetcar Line: Urban Transit above St. Charles Avenue
Streetcar traffic on Canal Street circling the Henry Clay statue. Electrification of the New Orleans streetcar lines began three years later; the last of the horse cars disappeared completely in 1901, but draft animals pulling carts remained a common sight well into the 20th century.
Image: "Views of New Orleans," (MSS 235), Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.
This file appears in: Dryades Streetcar Line: Urban Transit above St. Charles Avenue
Dryades Streetcar Line: Urban Transit above St. Charles Avenue
The Dryades Streetcar line opened in 1866 to serve the areas above St. Charles Avenue. Known as the "Banlieu" (outskirts), this area was an economic center even before the Civil War. The Dryades Street Market opened in 1849 at the corner of…