Commemorative Postcard

ID: 1233 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Commemorative Postcard

The Interurban Bridge, constructed circa 1910, allowed trains to cross the Brazos River. However, the bridge did not solve all problems related to crossing the river, as frequent flooding often closed the bridge and led to delayed trains.

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By Terri Jo Ryan
Waco was a city on the move at the turn of the twentieth century, and its run into modernity was aided by the advent of the interurban electric railway. Although Waco had other forms of mass transit since the days of the stagecoach, with first…