Description:
Portland Traction Co. electrified the Portland Heights line in 1896, but continued to use cablecar trolleys to climb the 1,040 foot long trestle which ran from Mill to Elizabeth.
From 1896 to 1904 passengers rode to Jefferson and 18th and transferred from electrical- to cable-car.
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the portland cablecar trestle