Horse-drawn Trolley
Time Frame: late 1860s
Horse- and mule-drawn streetcars traveled on iron tracks down city streets in Iowa's larger cities in the late 1860s and early 1900s. This trolley operated in Des Moines.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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