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Open streetcar 11 at West Wethersfield carbarn at McClure and Beach Streets
The GandK was originally intended to build an interurban line between the named cities in Illinois and to provide local streetcar service in Kewanee.
The local lines in Kewanee were constructed first, after which the interurban line was started southwest towards Galesburg. However, the interurban only got to Galva, about 7 miles from Kewanee (the fullest extent of the line); the interurban was operated as the Kewanee and Galva Electric Railway. The system stopped all service in about 1923 because of financial problems and poor trackage in Kewanee.
The GandK was originally intended to build an interurban line between the named cities in Illinois and to provide local streetcar service in Kewanee.
The local lines in Kewanee were constructed first, after which the interurban line was started southwest towards Galesburg. However, the interurban only got to Galva, about 7 miles from Kewanee (the fullest extent of the line); the interurban was operated as the Kewanee and Galva Electric Railway. The system stopped all service in about 1923 because of financial problems and poor trackage in Kewanee.
Courtesy the Stephen Scalzo collection
