St. Charles Avenue, 1890
This file appears in: Dryades Streetcar Line: Urban Transit above St. Charles Avenue
All of the uptown-bound streetcars of the St. Charles Street Railroad traveled this route before radiating out into various neighborhoods.
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…