Electric-powered trolleys — or streetcars — previously provided that function from the late 19th... It’s been well over half a century since 69-year-old Anne Elise Morris of Wilkinsburg took ...

Petersburg’s trolley system came in the wake of the first successful electric streetcar system in Richmond, which was launched in 1888. Historical photos of streetcars in Petersburg.

The development of the streetcar (initially horse-drawn, later electric) made it possible for these middle class residents to move away from the industrial neighborhoods and form “suburbs” from which ...