Georgia
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1920 | |||
Americus | Electric | 1891 | 1893 | ||
Athens | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1930 | |||
Atlanta | Horse | 8 Sep 1871 | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 23 Aug 1889 | 17 Apr 1949 | |||
♦ Fairburn | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1925 | ||
Augusta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1937 | |||
Brunswick | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | 1909 | 1924 | |||
Cedartown | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Clarkesville | Horse | ? | 1918 | ||
Columbus | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1935 | System included interstate line to Phenix City, Alabama. | ||
Covington | Horse | ? | 1918 | ||
Cumberland Island | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Gainesville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 4 Apr 1925 | |||
Griffin | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Macon | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1935 | |||
Milledgeville | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | 13 Jun 1914 | |||
Rome | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | 1931 | |||
St. Marys | Horse | ? | ? | ||
St. Simons | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Savannah | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Electric | ? | ? | Heritage tramway, diesel-electric traction (River Street streetcar), opened 11 Feb 2009. | ||
Talapoosa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Valdosta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1934 | |||
Washington | Horse | ? | 1916 | ||
Waycross | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Electric | ? | 1917 |
Peschkes (Part Four, 1998, Page 44) states that, despite the assumption of another historian, there is no evidence for tramways in the following towns:
- Dahlonega.
- Dalton.
- LaGrange.
- Lexington.
- Summerville.
- Thomasville.
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