Clio Streetcar in the Early 1900s
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The Clio streetcar line opened in 1867 and ended service in 1932. Also known as the "C-L-10," this route once connected the uptown and Marigny (downtown) neighborhoods. The street, accompanied by the other eight muses, intersects a portion of St. Charles Avenue originally named Cours du Nayades in the mid-1800s. In the video below, the late journalist and historian Charles "Pie" Dufour, in what may have been his last formal interview, explains the nickname for this line.
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"To River on Clio at S. Rampart"
The track for the Clio Streetcar line is visible. | Source: Image courtesy of The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection. | Date: Original image created 7 September 1955. Later print created between 1979 and 1983.Oral History Interview with Charles "Pie" Dufour,
Source: Courtesy of Michael Mizell-Nelson. | Date: 1993Map
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