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Chicago, Brownell cable car # 750; Chicago, Brownell cable car # 713; Chicago — Streetcars — Miscellaneous Photos
  Chicago Brownell cable car # 750 
 Brownell cable car # 713 
Streetcars — Miscellaneous Photos
West Randolph Street / North LaSalle Street
View of LaSalle Street, north from Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1890.

Chicago History Museum, ICHi-064374; Interstate Photo Service, photographer

https://images.chicagohistory.org/asset/6083/
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Posted by AlexSan · Odesa           Date: 1890

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Chicago, Brownell cable car # 750

Operator/Facility:North Chicago Street Railroad Co.
Model:Brownell cable car
Built:1890
Current state:Location and status unknown (≤ 1898)
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Remarks:Rebuilt (see note)
Built: 1889–91. Numbers 701–790 believed to be a close approximation.
Metropolitan (combination) body. Open section: 11'. Closed section: 18'. Length overall: 32' 6". Bombay roof. Single-end car.

Last lot of 25 combination cars for the North Side Street Railroad was nearing completion in July, 1891 (Street Railway Review, Jul. 15, 1891, p. 290). 90 such cars were rebuilt as separate open grips and closed trailers by November, 1898 (Street Railway Review, Nov. 15, 1898, p. 802). At least some cars might have been renumbered prior to rebuilding.

Chicago, Brownell cable car # 713

Operator/Facility:North Chicago Street Railroad Co.
Model:Brownell cable car
Built:1890
Current state:Location and status unknown (≤ 1898)
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Remarks:Rebuilt (see note)
Built: 1889–91. Numbers 701–790 believed to be a close approximation.
Metropolitan (combination) body. Open section: 11'. Closed section: 18'. Length overall: 32' 6". Bombay roof. Single-end car.

Last lot of 25 combination cars for the North Side Street Railroad was nearing completion in July, 1891 (Street Railway Review, Jul. 15, 1891, p. 290). 90 such cars were rebuilt as separate open grips and closed trailers by November, 1898 (Street Railway Review, Nov. 15, 1898, p. 802). At least some cars might have been renumbered prior to rebuilding.

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Artist Name:Chicago History Museum

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