Comments on: Over Tacoma Then & Now: Trolley Court

By: Martin Johnson

Martin Johnson — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:45:55 +0000

Does anyone know where the station was at Manitou Park? Which part of the park?

By: Tristan Litke

Tristan Litke — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:43:00 +0000

Nice Bro. Looks like things are coming along. Can a brother get a T? tristan

By: Paul Curtiss

Paul Curtiss — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:32:13 +0000

Very interesting! I am working ona project for the Lakewood Historical Society and the troley lines that extended into Lakewood. Would really enjoy some help with maps and pictures.

By: Morgan Alexander

Morgan Alexander — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:42:09 +0000

Andrew- Yes, govME is the source. And what a resource!

TheGulag- That is a very cool project! Do you have any source photos of Tacoma streetcars or related developments? I’m gathering material for a book on Tacoma’s streetcars.

Thanks RR!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:58:55 +0000

Gulag, that map is AMAZING!!! Thank you, I **LOVE** it!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:52:51 +0000

Gulag is right, there are a LOT of remaining evidence from the streetcar days, if one knows what to look for.

Some of my favorite examples include evidence of rails left in the concrete paving around in the North Slope area, and also some streets that are oblique t0 the rest of the city’s grid pattern in the Manitou neighborhood. And there is also an especially wide radiused corner at 38th and Yakima.

Can anybody add to my list?

By: TheGulag

TheGulag — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:36:10 +0000

This particular streetcar line was part of the Pacific Traction company’s trackage, one of four separate operators (three private, one public) of Tacoma’s traction lines during its heyday.

I noticed this aerial landmark as well while working on a personal project of mine on Google Maps.
If one wishes, you may take a peek here:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117157364877009019221.00000112ad8cbf3904c7c&ll=47.241016,-122.419281&spn=0.11095,0.233459&t=h&z=12

It highlights the Tacoma area streetcar system in the 1923 era (the age of my house). I originally planned on doing a couple different decades although I stopped working on it about a year ago.
BY NO MEANS was\is it intended as a general public resource; its very rough and unfinished!

You would be surprised how many visual cues there actually are still out there!

By: RR Anderson

RR Anderson — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:01:25 +0000

You could do a time lapse animation gif sometime

By: RR Anderson

RR Anderson — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:00:11 +0000

hyper interesting! keep it up!

By: Andrew Becherer

Andrew Becherer — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:57:28 +0000

This is a really amazing piece of work. Hurrah for public access to aerial photography.

Is govME the source of all the photographs?