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2016.23.1

ID Number: 2016.23.1
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: Art
Item Type: oil
Item Name: painting
Materials: OIL PAINT; CANVAS;
Measurements: 26inx31inx1-3/8in (depth)
Description: oil painting on canvas-framed; transit systems; S,W & A Railway and Transit, Windsor
History: Windsor has had varied forms of public transportation since 1850. The earliest conveyances were horse omnibuses - city versions of stagecoaches. The Windsor & Sandwich Street Railway proposed horse cars, drawn on rails laid in the City streets in 1865. The Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg Railway (SW&A) Act incorporated by Act of Legislation, March 2, 1872, to provide public transit to the City of Windsor. In 1887, Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg Railway reorganized after foreclosing in 1880, and provided public transit for the next ninety years. Transit Windsor took over the SW&A system in 1977, and is the name seen on Windsor's buses today.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
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