File:The Eckington & Soldiers Home Railway Company .jpg

Description:The Eckington & Soldiers Home Railway Company began service on October 17, 1888. It was Washington’s first electric railway and following the first full service electric railway in Richmond, Virginia.

Artist: unknown

Date:  1888

Source: Catalog #: 180098, Accession #: 21478 Currently on display From the Smithsonian Collection Obtained from Wikimedia Commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eckington_and_Soldiers_Home.jpg

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