A few additions:


1895

May 10: Construction begins on the Buffalo & Niagara Falls Electric
Railway to run an interurban trolley line between the cities in its name.

September 20: The Buffalo & Niagara Falls Electric Railway commences
direct interurban trolley service between the cities in its name.


1896

August 8: Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway opens an interurban
trolley line between the two towns in its name. Later extends a short
distance into Fort Niagara.


1897

April 9: Ground broken for the Lower Steel Arch Bridge across the Niagara
River at Niagara Falls, carrying both road and rail traffic. Replaces the
Lower Suspension Bridge and is built up and around the old bridge.

August 27: The Lower Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls is completed in
record time for so big a job. (Bridge celebrates is centennial next
month.)

September 23: Work begins on the Upper Steel Arch Bridge across the
Niagara River at Niagara Falls to replace the Upper Suspension Bridge.
(Also called the Falls View Bridge due to its location within easy site of
the falls.)


1898

June 30: Upper Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls is completed and open to
traffic. Carries a double track trolley line to provide for international
service between the United States and Canada. Car Number 19 of the Niagara
Falls Park & River Railway becomes the first trolley to cross the bridge.


1899

July 21: Lewiston-Queenston Suspension Bridge across the Niagara River
below Niagara Falls is opened. Uses the former Upper Suspension Bridge
from Niagara Falls. Carries a single track trolley line allowing for
the creation of the Great Gorge Route, a world-famous international belt
line. From the terminal in Niagara Falls, New York, trolleys would take
passengers across the Upper Steel Arch Bridge to the edge of Horseshoe
Falls and then back along the upper edge of the Niagara Gorge, down the
Niagara Escarpment at Queenston, across the Lewiston-Queenston Suspension
Bridge, through the bottom of the Niagara Gorge and then back up to the
terminal at Niagara Falls.

Peter D.A. Warwick
St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Bike Through The Garden Of Canada
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