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An interesting bit of local history in the Seattle P-I. By 1892 Seattle was crisscrossed with 48 miles of electric railway and 22 miles of cable railway, stretching from Georgetown to Ballard. According to state historian Walter Crowley, the construction of the streetcar routes segued into smart new development: …developers platted new neighborhoods clustered around […]