STREETCARS

The Parkersburg street car barn was located on the north side of
Nineteenth Street, just east of St. Mary's Avenue.
(Courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street,
Parkersburg, WV 26101; 304 485-5771)

A Parkersburg street car runs down Camden Avenue in South Side in the 1940s.
(Courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street,
Parkersburg, WV 26101; 304 485-5771)

A street car approaches the corner of Seventh & Market in
the early 1900s. The Chancellor Hotel is on the right.
(Courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street,
Parkersburg, WV 26101; 304 485-5771)

This 1920s student ticket was good for one fare on
Parkersburg's streetcars, which were run by the
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company.

Monongahela West Penn Trolley #628, somewhere in Parkersburg.

An early Parkersburg streetcar, probably around 1895.
(Photo courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street,
Parkersburg, WV 26101; (304) 485-5771.)

Car 274 passes the Chancellor Hotel in the 600 block of Market Street.

A streetcar turns onto Nineteenth Street in the 1930s. McKinley School is in the background.

A streetcar parks on Nineteenth Street in front of the Car Barn in the 1930s.

See Seventh & Market page for streetcar route.

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