Who knew? Trolley tracks under Locust Walk!
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| Credit: ChristophrHiestr |
As you know, there’s always lots of construction going on at Penn.
Here’s a real gem for you.
You’ve walked on it a million times and most probably even tripped on one of its crooked bricks, but did you know what Locust Walk was built on top of?
Recently, Locust Walk has been torn apart to reveal an old trolley tracks!
Check out another picture of the torn up walk after the jump and learn more about the history of these Trolley tracks on campus!
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| Credit: ChristophrHiestr |
I did a little digging (no pun intended) to find out more about the Trollies on Penn’s campus and found this:
“Philadelphia has one of the oldest streetcar systems in the nation, and for decades these trolleys were a dynamic part of the Penn experience. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, a precursor to SEPTA, operated streetcars on Woodland Avenue through the heart of campus, directly to 30th Street Station. Generations of Penn students have memories of trolleys crisscrossing the campus, steel wheels rattling along on their tracks, the ever-present bells clanging away.
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This trolley symbolizes a time when many Penn students commuted to campus from around the region.” (source)
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| Trolley tracks in front of College Hall (no date) (source) |
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| Trolley tracks in front of the Quad, 1901 (source) |
Thank you to Joanne Murray (Assistant Dean of Annenberg School) for sending in the tip about the 2 photos above!
More on campus construction photos of Penn through the years HERE
Tagged construction, Locust Walk
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You can see what the system looked like back in the day here:
http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/archives/image.html?q=trolley&id=ARCHIVES_20030107008&
A more recent shot of what became Locust Walk, trolley tracks visible: http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/archives/image.html?q=annenberg&start=25&id=ARCHIVES_20030226008&
and another went in front of the Quad:
http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/archives/image.html?q=trolley&id=ARCHIVES_20050329015&