Streetcars of St.John’s
By: Kenneth G. Pieroway
Book Size: 11 “ x 8 1/2 “, landscape format, available in hardcover or softcover
Pages: 130 pages, including colour photos of current views
Publisher: Flanker Press, Paradise NL
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Now available for purchase
A photographic “then and now” celebration of the former St. John’s Street Railway.
For the first half of the twentieth century, the most easterly city in North America had a public transportation system that was on par with those found in Toronto, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco. From 1900 to 1948, the streetcars of the Reid Newfoundland Company and, later, Newfoundland Light and Power, travelled along narrow-gauge rails on some of the oldest streets to be found anywhere. From the famous cobblestones of Water Street to Duckworth Street, Military Road and Queens Road, and powered by electricity from nearby Petty Harbour, residents could avail of the most modern form of inner-city transport of the day.
The reader will take a trip back in time to the St. John’s of not quite so long ago when the roads were shared with automobiles, horse and buggies, and the famous trolley cars. From the crossroads in the west end to the shops of Water Street, the steps of the Newfoundland Hotel and the ice cream parlours of Rawlins Cross, you can enjoy this visual journey around the city.
The black and white photographs are contrasted with modern-day colour retakes by the author of the same scenes as they now exist. When compared side by side, it is fascinating to see just how much St. John’s has changed in the past hundred years and yet, in so many ways, remained the same.
$29.95 plus GST and shipping and handling for hard cover.
$22.95 plus GST and shipping and handling for soft cover.
Here’s how to order your copy:
Follow THIS LINK to the Flanker Press website store.
Act Now . . .You’re sure to find this superb book a welcome addition to your public transit library.