Palatka and Heights Street Railway

The Palatka and Heights Street Railway was a streetcar system in Palatka, Florida, chartered in March 1888 with a 50 year franchise. It opened in January 1889, with three miles of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge track. In 1904 it is shown as owning two cars and two horses, though common practice in the South was to use mules rather than horses- pictures in the Florida State Archives show the P&HSRy car pulled by mules.[1]

The directors were: Wm. H. Craig, of Orange, New Jersey, President; Thomas Murray, Secretary; E. S. Crill, Treasurer; Henry S. Wilson; Wm. P. Craig. The general offices were in Palatka, Florida. and J. G. Carter, Manager.[2] Photographs in the Florida State Archives show the tracks on Emmett Avenue[3] and Lemon Street.[4]

References

  1. ↑ State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, item 53652
  2. ↑ Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1904 Edition, Poor's Railroad Manual Co., New York, N. Y., p. 875
  3. ↑ State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, item 26303
  4. ↑ State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, item 6670
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