Streetcars to Columbia Heights

This presentation covers streetcars to Columbia Heights, as well as the Minneapolis Filtration Plant Railway. And, as a bonus, there's material about the Lincoln Presidential Car purchased by Thomas Lowry. Narrated by MSM historian Aaron Isaacs.

[@MisterPersuasion]

My grand-father, William Nelson Jones, was the lead Civil-Engineer that designed and built the Minneapolis Water Works. He designed and built the Filtration Plant in Columbia Heights in 1914-1918. My grandma wrote a letter about how he sent supplies down on the Filter Plant Streetcar to my 10-year-old aunt who would be waiting to pick them up and carry them home. You can verify some of this history at the Columbia Heights historical society, as I donated copies of family history to them.

[@RichD746]

10 years of limo driving in Downtown Minneapolis, I've spent so many hours sitting in Bunkers Bar parking lot. It's really cool to see these old pictures and how things changed so much, yet basically stayed the same.

[@BN6499]

Good stuff. Thank you, very much.

[@harveycovey2215]

My ex-wife's Aunt used to run streetcars. She lived in the little house, currently behind the Taco Bell and across the street from the school and what was then "Leon's Bar" on 49th and Central in Columbia Heights. Is there any records of Helen Warhol as a motorman or in some other capacity running streetcars?

[@krumet8]

a picture that I have always hoped to find is one showing a streetcar passing in front of the Heights theater.

[@MinnesotaStreetcarMuseum]

I haven't seen such a photo. This slide show contains most of the available Columbia Heights views.

[@markhall6306]

Do you have any videos to street cars to South St Paul? Thanks

[@markhall6306]

Central Ave was US highway 8