Christmas Stories from Georgia by Dorothy Dodge Robbins

The more expensive Autographic Kodak cameras had been introduced in 1914, and allowed the user to write the date (or other information) on the film. Richmond Union Passenger Railway, 1888 article in the Milestones section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Global History Network website.Sprague article on the Inventor of the Week Archive on the Lemelson-MIT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity by David Bodanis in the general collection.Electricity: From Faraday to Solar Generators by Martin J.The Electricity Story: 2,500 Years of Experiments and Discoveries by George deLucenay Leon in the children's collection.Buses, Trolleys, and Trams by Charles S.Rowe in the Heritage and general collections. History of Athens and Clarke County by H.J.Doster in the Heritage and general collections. A Postcard History of Athens, Georgia by Gary L.Athens Historic Newspaper Archive collection in the Digital Library of Georgia.

1908 on Microfilm in the Heritage collection. Most cities had privately run systems, such as Athens Railway & Electric company, which ran the trolley system until March, 1930, when they changed over to a short-lived city bus system. cities had electric railways, with 11,000 miles of rails. It was installed over 12 miles of tracks in Richmond, Virginia, in 1887, and by 1895, 900 U.S. Sprague, who created the suspension and pulley system that became the standard for cities all over the world. The first successful electric railway system was developed by Frank J. It was promised that 'there would be no further delays caused by broken wire.' (This promise was kept until a severe sleet storm in February, 1908.) 'Quite a while' in this case was until early January, 1907, when the company began installing new poles and stringing 'heavier' and 'much better' wire throughout the system.

Christmas Stories from Georgia by Dorothy Dodge Robbins