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Levis Tramways Company by JR Thomas Grumley Canada’s Traction Heritage Series
Levis Tramways Company by JR Thomas Grumley Canadas Traction Heritage Series
Levis Tramways Company
Canadas Traction Heritage Series
J.R. Grumley
Soft Cover
35 Pages plus Map
Copyright 2011
Contents
Levis Tramways Company 3
Introduction of the Weekly Pass 17
Equipment Roster 19
Passenger Equipment 20
General Views 29
Work Equipment 32
Bibliography 35
Fold-Out Map 35
Advances in electric technology provided a major impetus to the introduction of electric street railway systems in large cities across Canada in the 1890s. Existing horse-drawn systems were slow, inconvenient, unreliable, and often left a foul odour with passengers.
Even smaller towns and cities were clamouring to get on board with this new method of transportation and Levis, Quebec, was no exception. For the business entrepreneur, a buck was to be made! With expanding industries, shipbuilding was the major industry in Levis, and with-a growing workforce there was a need for a reliable transportation system to support them.
The Levis Tramways Company (it had two other corporate names during the life of the system) was a quasi-suburban system that linked a number of municipalities. These included the city of Levis, the towns of Bienville, Lauzon and St. Romuald. In addition to its passenger service, the company also had an important freight business that serviced additional municipalities such as Beaumont, St. Michel and St. Vallier (Bellechasse County). Freight services were later extended to the villages of St. David, St. Telesphore, New Liverpool and St. Nicolas, initially by horse and carriage and later by motor vehicle. The tramway system traversed the frontage of the St. Lawrence River for a distance of 10 miles. It also had a line to the upper section of the city of Levis and the residential district. The line terminated on the heights of Levis, a few feet from the border with the municipality of St. David. The Levis Tramways Company was also a feeder line, connecting the south shore to Quebec City via the ferry boat system which operated between Levis and Quebec City. The company also built and operated an elevator service in Levis connecting lower town with the upper town, albeit for only a short period of time.
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