Published In

Metroscape

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2003

Subjects

Mass transit -- Oregon -- Portland -- History, Street railroads -- Oregon -- Portland, Electric railroads

Abstract

This backgrounder is designed to fill in some of the blanks and give some historical substance to one of the metroscape's most distinguishing features and one which, not incidentally, shaped the very physical aspect of the region: its affinity for rail travel.

Description

Originally appeared in the Winter 2003 edition of Metroscape®, published by the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, Portland State University.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16149

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