Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230658193
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (581 download)
Book Synopsis Transportation in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Transportation in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport, Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad, Cedar Crest Boulevard, Gardner Airport (Pennsylvania), Ironton Railroad, Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority, Lehigh Canal, Lehigh Street, Lehigh Tunnel, Lehigh Valley International Airport, Lehigh Valley Transit Company, Pennsylvania Route 145, Pennsylvania Route 222, Pennsylvania Route 987, State Route 1002 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania), Transportation in the Lehigh Valley. Excerpt: The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a Pennsylvania interurban rail transport company that operated a network of city and interurban trolley lines. In poor financial condition, LVT abruptly abandoned operation of its Philadelphia Division Allentown to Philadelphia line in September, 1951. LVT gave patrons no prior notice, and puzzled riders waited in vain to be picked up the next day. The LVT is considered the last of the eastern U.S. side of road, hill and dale, town street to farm land interurbans in the United States, although the Media end of the present day 100-year-old Upper Darby to Media former Red Arrow trolley line - now SEPTA Route 101 - has some of these same characteristics. As was customary for interurban trolleys, the LVT Philadelphia Division ran fast in open country, but once in a village or town it slowly progressed down streets, made frequent stops, and navigated sharp streetcar-like turns at intersections. The Liberty Bell line had a terminal in each town with a waiting room and a ticket agent. In the larger towns LVT had facilities to handle trolley freight. Coming south from its downtown Allentown terminal, the LVT's Philadelphia Division served the Pennsylvania villages of Coopersburg, Quakertown, Perkasie, Sellersville, Souderton, Hatfield, Lansdale, and Norristown. In Norristown, its third-rail-equipped cars...