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1. Car Barn Siding - VA Hospital Stop in McKinney - 1948, December 19

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway "Car Barn" Siding and VA Hospital Stop north of McKinney; view looking south. The structure in the upper right quadrant of the photo is the McKinney powerhouse. See: Map 2, Detail 15; Detail Car Barn Siding

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2. Drawing, Architectural - Architectural Drawing - North End View McKinney Powerhouse

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. McKinney Power Plant - ca 1910

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Traction Company's Main Power Station; north of McKinney. The plant was equipped with two 1000-kilowatt Curtis steam turbine generating units, supplied by General Electric. Current at 2200 volts, 25 cycles was generated and stepped up to 19,100 volts for transmission. As part of electricity production, the power station used the surrounding lake ay to cool their steam back to water for reuse. There was also a substation with...

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4. Pamphlet - Pamphlet: Texas Traction and Denison & Sherman Railway [Pgs 10-11]

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Postcard - Postcard: Texas Traction Power House, McKinney, Texas

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Stockholder's Inspection Trip: Sherman-Dallas Interurban at McKinney - 1908, June 30

   Six Interurban cars are lined up on the tracks as a group of men, women and children stand before the linked cars posing for the camera. Some stockholders are aboard the cars and look out from the windows. "...Texas Traction's inaugural trip on June 30, 1908. The first car with J. F. Strickland and several guests aboard reached Sherman about noon. There after picking up members of the Sherman city council, the Grayson County commissioners c...

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7. TER "Car Barn" Siding - 1948, December 19

   SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway "Car Barn" Siding approaching the McKinney powerhouse; view looking north. See: Map 2, Detail 15; Detail Carbarn Siding

   Record Type: Photo