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1. Bust - John F. Strickland Bust & Pedestal

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2. First Car of Electrically Hauled Freight in Texas - 1928

   Texas Electric Railway first car load of freight. In the photo is Work Car 901 and T&NO Box Car # 34783. The banner on the box car reads "The First Car Of Electrically Hauled Freight in Texas. Carried Over Lines of This Electric Railway From Waco to Connect With I-G-N at Italy. This car is Cosigned From Texas Power & Light Company at Waco to Texas Electric Service Company at Odessa". See: Map 6

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3. First Car of Electrically Hauled Freight in Texas - 1928, May 22

   A ceremonial photograph of community men, women and children lined up and posed in front of a Southern Pacific Lines freight car coupled to Work Car 901. There is a banner stretched across the side of the box car that reads: "The First Car of Electrically Hauled Freight in Texas". The Logo on the box car reads: "Southern Pacific Lines". The work car was painted green and cream. It was rebuilt in 1939 to flat car 1071; sent to scrap 1949. ...

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4. First Car of Electrically-Hauled Freight in Texas - 1928, May 22

   "The First Car of Electrically-Hauled Freight in Texas" banner is displayed on a Texas and New Orleans Railroad (T&NO) box car owned by Southern Pacific on May 22, 1928. Italy, where the photograph was taken, was the interchange for freight cars hauled over Texas Electric Railways lines. This photo differs from the photo catalogued as CP.2007.CL.1-197 in that there are no people posed in front of the freight car. See: Map 6, Detail 55

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5. First Car of Electrically-Hauled Freight in Texas - 1928, May 22

   This photo, taken in Italy, Texas, is of a Southern Pacific Lines freight car displaying a banner stating it is the first car of electrically hauled freight in Texas. Work Car 901 is coupled to the freight car. The car is consigned from Texas Power & Light Company at Waco to Texas Electric Service Company at Odessa, Texas. It stands on the interchange to IGN (MOPAC). The work car was painted green & cream. It was rebuilt in 1939 as flat ca...

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6. John Frank Strickland Portrait - ca 1912

   Digital portrait of John Frank Strickland (1860 - 21 May 1921) from the book Makers of Dallas (ca 1912). Born in 1861, Colonel J. F. Strickland traveled to Texas by wagon train in 1878. In 1892 the Colonel became involved in electric power generation in Waxahachie. He would become founder and president of Texas Power & Light Company and the Dallas Power & Light Company. Strickland would also create, in central and north Texas, the largest...

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7. John Frank Strickland Portrait - ca 1920

   Portrait of John Frank Strickland (1860 - 21 May 1921). He is seated in a photographers studio on a chair and is looking into the camera. He is wearing a dark colored pin-stripped suit, vest, tie with stick pin and white shirt with a detachable collar. Born in 1861, Colonel J. F. Strickland traveled to Texas by wagon train in 1878. In 1892 the Colonel became involved in electric power generation in Waxahachie. He would become founder and pre...

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8. Monroe Power Station - 1916

   GLASS-PLATE NEGATIVE PRINT: The Monroe Substation or Power Station with a wye in the front. This location, where the line to Corsicana and Waco split, was known as Monroe Junction and located just north of Monroe Shops. The view, looking south from the junction of the Corsicana and Waco Divisions of Southern Traction, shows Monroe shops and the substation with the Texas Power and Light Company transformer yard in back. A Corsicana-bound tra...

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9. Plaque - Bronze Plaque for Strickland Bust

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10. TER Monroe Substation at Monroe Junction - 1948, November 25

    SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Monroe Substation at Monroe Junction. In front of the substation is the Texas Power and Light Company transformer yard. See: Map 3; Map 8, Detail

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11. TER Payne Substation and TP&L Transformer Yard - 1948, December 19

    SNAPSHOT: Looking north towards Texas Electric Railway Payne Substation, on the right, and a transformer yard, on the left, owned and operated by Texas Power and Light Company. The transformer yard did not service Texas Electric Railway but was accessed via a Texas Electric Railway spur. See: Map 1, Detail 4

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. TER Salvage from Abandoned Corsicana Line - 1941, May 17

    SNAPSHOT: In this Saturday scene, the camera looks northwest along the spur coming off the now abandoned Corsicana Line at Texas Electric Railway's Monroe Shops. The Texas Power and Light Company transformer yard and Monroe Substation can be seen in the far background. Salvage work was in progress, as attested to by the spikes in the foreground. Ultimately, salvage from this line (not including right-of-way) yielded $178,904, compared with a ...

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13. Texas Power & Light Company, 1912-1972: a brief account of the Company's first sixty years...its orgin and development, and its impact upon the area it serves - Johnson, Robert L.

    A brief account of the Company's first sixty years...its orgin and development, and its impact upon the area it serves.

    Record Type: Library