San Diego Electric Railway system map, 1918 Size:14x14 There was just one problem:

There was just one problem: it was a gigantic pain to get downtown

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Los Angeles also had the Los Angeles Railway (or "Yellow Car") streetcar system which covered the City of Los Angeles and nearby suburbs

Due to industrialization and immigration

San Diego Electric Railway system map, 1918 Size:14x14 There was just one problem:The old San Diego Electric Railway was the predecessor to today's Trolley. It was part of John D. Spreckels's business empire. Spreckels started by inheriting a sugar company, and leveraged that money to take over the city's streetcar system, the San Diego Union Tribune, the San Diego Coronado ferry, and at one point all of Coronado Island. This map depicts the streetcar system in September 1918, and is based on materials that the San Diego Chamber of