Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Trolley: 1896 - 1946
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The men gathered are attending the public auction of the trolley line including rails, overhead wires, bridges and trolleys.
PTC attempted to duplicate park trolley service with a new bus line running on city streets, designated Route 85.
The Route 85 bus followed a circuitous route over the City Line Avenue bridge because by 1946 the roadway deck
of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge had deteriorated to the point that it could not safely support the weight of a bus.
The date of this photograph November 6, 1946.
Source: George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection
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