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== Aftermath == | == Aftermath == | ||
The fortunes of the interurban industry in the US declined during | The fortunes of the interurban industry in the US declined during World War I and into the early 1920s. Many financially weak interurbans did not survive the prosperous 1920s, and most others went bankrupt during the [[Great Depression]], along with many streetcar systems.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jensen |first=Oliver |title=The American Heritage History of Railroads in America |date=1975 |edition=1981 |publisher=Bonanza Books |location=New York |isbn=0-517-362368 |pages=257–258, 289}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hilton |first1=George W. |last2=Due |first2=John F. |title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America |date=1960 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, CA |isbn=0-8047-4014-3 |pages=226–231}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||