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Carrollton
Historically the boundaries of the city of Carrollton were the Mississippi River, the downriver border of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana , Claiborne Avenue , and Lowerline Street . As Lowerline is a small street, some people think of the neighborhood of Carrollton as extending two blocks further to the larger thoroughfare of Broadway. The main street is broad Carrollton Avenue, lined with live oaks, with the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar running on the "neutral ground" or central median. The streetcar barn is a block off the avenue in Carrollton. The neighborhood and Avenue are pronounced "Care-ol-ton" by residents and other uptowners, but many people from the downtown parts of New pronounce the names as "Karl- ton"). St. Charles Avenue Streetcar LineThe line starts uptown, at Carrollton Avenue and Claiborne Avenue. It runs on Carrollton Avenue through the Carrollton neighborhood towards the Mississippi River , then near the river levee turns on to Saint Charles Avenue . It proceeds past entrances to Audubon Zoo, continues through Uptown New Orleans including the Garden District, and ends at Canal Street at the edge of the French Quarter, a distance of about fifteen miles. The line was founded as the New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road in February 1833. Service began on September 26, 1835, originally without a dedicated right-of-way, although one was eventually established in the neutral ground (the median). Over the early years the cars were powered by horses, mules, overhead cables, ammonia engines, and steam engines. The line was electrified February 1, 1893. |
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