Holyoke Street Railway: Sequence 5

Silent color footage of the Holyoke Street Railway Co. Footage includes: trolley cars traveling on Canal St. High St., Suffolk St., and Pleasant St, a tool car, trolley cars proceeding to Mountain Park to be destroyed, trolley cars being burned at Mountain Park, workers salvaging steel and copper from the remains, a lineman cutting down trolley wires, workers tearing up track. This film was shot sometime in the late 1930s, just before the trolley system was dismantled. Footage is courtesy of the Holyoke History Room and Archives of the Holyoke Public Library.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• trolleys
• Holyoke
• Massachusetts
• HolyokeStreetRailway
• urbanhistory
• 1930s
• transportation

[WESTFB44]

shit holyoke looks better in da video dan it does now lol

[coyote340]

Do you actually think that with the people who have settled in Holyoke in the past 30 years that it would get better as time goes on?

I had to ask the question, I could not believe my eyes.....

[chuckthedestroyer34]

the spanish ruined this city

[oeblio]

As a kid, in the 70s, I used to walk along the track beds that are out in the woods.

Always wondered what the streetcars looked like in action. Canal and High streets looked vibrant and prosperous in the video.

Thanks to whoever put these videos up.

[melaniemusic3]

I wish Holyoke still had that trolley system. That would've been SO COOL & way better than average PVTA buses. *sigh*

[danieljh]

My my...how Holyoke has fallen.

[lappy63]

@WESTFB44 typical chicopee ignoramus.....sad isnt it...

[Cool12227]

I live in chicopee i dont like holyoke