The streetcar running on two steel rails, drawing power from an overhead wire, provided a smooth and convenient, relatively inexpensive mode of transportation for busy travelers.
Join author and historian Charles Bogart as he shares the history of the horsecar and streetcar lines that operated in Kentucky between 1860 and 1950 in the next virtual NKY History Hour starting at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 19.
The streetcar began with horse-drawn cars and later evolved into electric-powered ones; streetcars were faster than any earlier form of transportation at the time. The first horsecar line in Northern Kentucky, the Covington Street Railway Company, was incorporated in 1864, and up until 1950, Northern Kentucky was home to a web of streetcar tracks and connections.
Bogart is a Newport Catholic High School graduate who worked for 40 years as a Plans and Operation Officer for Kentucky Emergency Management and is currently a conductor at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Versailles, KY.
To register and participate in the free virtual presentation by Behringer-Crawford Museum, visit the link here. Information on connecting to the Zoom session will be sent after registration. The event will also be streamed live on their Facebook page here.
