Report on Physical Property of the Houghton County Traction Company

Collection — sc_box: MS 5, Folder: 24

Identifier: MS-896

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Volume, November 1920, detailing the physical property of the Houghton County Traction Company, a street-railroad that ran between Houghton and just north of Mohawk in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. The report was written by John Ralph, Jr., superintendent of the company.

Dates

Nov 1920

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Historical note

For thirty-one years, electric streetcars moved people around the Copper Country, from Houghton and Hancock to Lake Linden, and as far north as Mohawk. The Houghton County Traction Company opened for business in November 1900, and by 1910 operated 35 cars over 32 miles of track. Following World War I, the number of passengers using the streetcars steadily declined. Faced with the widespread economic pressures of the Great Depression and increased competition from automobiles, the company made its last streetcar run from Calumet to Hancock on May 21, 1932 (http://www.lib.mtu.edu/mtuarchives/exhibits/SenseofPlace/town-gown.html; accessed August 2012).

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Additional Description

Abstract

1 volume, "Report on Physical Property of the Houghton County Traction Company," by John Ralph, Jr., November 1920. Given in memory of Lloyd Boyle.

Acquisition

The Report on Physical Property of the Houghton County Traction Company by John Ralph, Jr. was donated to the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections by Albert and Deborah LeBlanc in memory of Lloyd Boyle on April 25, 2012.