Vincennes Traction Company Main Entrance

ID: 2235 ~ Source: Norbert Brown Collection, Knox County Public Library ~ Date: 1909
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Vincennes Traction Company Main Entrance

Traction company employees Jess West on the left and Henry Bennett on the right stand in front of the old "car barns" on "Fairground Avenue" ("Washington Avenue" today). The structure shown would be razed in the early 1960's.

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By Knox County Public Library
This unassuming corner is the former site of the Vincennes Streetcar Barns. For over fifty-five years this area was hustling and bustling with activity and played an important role in the evolution of transportation within the community. Streetcars…