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Thirty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, construction of an electric tourist railway threatened the integrity of the battlefield and a national park designation. The U.S. government exercised the power of eminent domain to preserve the site for historic preservation purposes. A challenge to this action would go to the Supreme Court.
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Six trolley cars picked up passengers every ten to fifteen minutes for a fare of ten cents. NPS GNMP Library Image
Advertisement showing the main stops. The Street Railway Review 1893
Trolley in Rose's Wheatfield, courtesy of NPS GNMP Library
Electric Light, Heat and Power Company of Gettysburg, NPS GMNP Library
1891 Map of the 12-mile loop, The Street Railway Review, American Street Railway Association
Electric trolley at the Soldiers' National Cemetery Baltimore St. entrance. NPS GNMP Library
The same entrance in 2024. Author's photo
The Bloody Angle showing railway construction. Pictured in Harper's Weekly July 1, 1893.
