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Ames & College Railway and station.

Ames & College Railway and station.

Title

Ames & College Railway and station.

Description

The Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey) is waiting for passengers beside the Depot. Various groups of individuals are standing in front of the train or a seated on one of the cars. A water fountain is in the foreground.
The Ames & College Railway, better known as the Dinkey, provided transportation between the City of Ames, Iowa and the Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University).� As a joint venture of Ames and the College, the Dinkey began operating on July 4, 1891. The Ames & College Railway was sold to the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad in 1907. That year the Dinkey was replaced with an electric streetcar, known as the interurban.

Creator

Iowa State University

Source

04-08-I.Dinkey.182-02-003

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

n.d.
2012-10-29

Rights

U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact Iowa State University Library, Special Collections archives@iastate.edu For reproductions see: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html

Relation

University Photographs; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html

Format

Photograph
17.7 x 12.7 cm

Type

Image
Image

Identifier

04-08-I.Dinkey.182-02-003
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/