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The Broadway and Piedmont Railroad was established by Walter Blair as a horsecar line in 1876. It ran on its namesake streets to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Our Street Railroads |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |date=December 12, 1876}}</ref> The Broadway and Piedmont Railroad was established by Walter Blair as a horsecar line in 1876. It ran on its namesake streets to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Our Street Railroads |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |date=December 12, 1876}}</ref>


Simultaneous to the horsecar line to the cemeteries, an additional company, the Fourteenth Street Railroad, was established to build a line on that street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Relic of Yesteryear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-relic-of-yesteryear/161080681/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 15, 1960 |location=Oakland, California |page=C-1}} {{free access}}</ref> This was put into operation on February 26, 1877.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fickewirth |first1=Alvin A. |title=California Railroads |date=1992 |publisher=Golden West Books |isbn=9780870951060 |page=44}}</ref> It began at the 7th and Broadway terminal, running up to 14th Street and running west to the then-city limits. The car barn was located at the corner of 14th and Peralta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fourteenth Street Railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-times-fourteenth-street-rail/161104692/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=The Oakland Daily Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 6, 1884 |location=Oakland, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Relic of Yesteryear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-relic-of-yesteryear/161080681/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 15, 1960 |location=Oakland, California |page=C-1}} {{free access}}</ref> The following year, the company sought to expand further west over 16th street to reach the newly-built ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Contested Ground |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-contested-ground/161104424/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |volume=XVI |number=282 |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 12, 1879 |location=Oakland, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> The company began converting to cable-haulage at the end of 1889, though, with only one block of new track laid over one week of work, the move may have been an attempt to block the ] from accessing the street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Street Roads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-work-stops-on-fourteenth/138480466/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=November 22, 1889 |location=Oakland, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref> The line would go on to be converted to electric traction.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Work Now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-work-on-piedmont-consoli/138507092/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 2, 1892 |location=Oakland, California |page=6}} {{free access}}</ref> Simultaneous to the horsecar line to the cemeteries, an additional company, the Fourteenth Street Railroad, was established to build a line on that street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Relic of Yesteryear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-relic-of-yesteryear/161080681/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 15, 1960 |location=Oakland, California |page=C-1}} {{free access}}</ref> This was put into operation on February 26, 1877.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fickewirth |first1=Alvin A. |title=California Railroads |date=1992 |publisher=Golden West Books |isbn=9780870951060 |page=44}}</ref> It began at the 7th and Broadway terminal, running up to 14th Street and turning west to the then-city limits. The car barn was located at the corner of 14th and Peralta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fourteenth Street Railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-times-fourteenth-street-rail/161104692/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=The Oakland Daily Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 6, 1884 |location=Oakland, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Relic of Yesteryear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-relic-of-yesteryear/161080681/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 15, 1960 |location=Oakland, California |page=C-1}} {{free access}}</ref> The following year, the company sought to expand further west over 16th street to reach the newly-built ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Contested Ground |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-contested-ground/161104424/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |volume=XVI |number=282 |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 12, 1879 |location=Oakland, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> The company began converting to cable-haulage at the end of 1889, though, with only one block of new track laid over one week of work, the move may have been an attempt to block the ] from accessing the street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Street Roads |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-work-stops-on-fourteenth/138480466/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=November 22, 1889 |location=Oakland, California |page=3}} {{free access}}</ref> The line would go on to be converted to electric traction.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Work Now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-work-on-piedmont-consoli/138507092/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Daily Evening Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 2, 1892 |location=Oakland, California |page=6}} {{free access}}</ref>


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The Piedmont Cable Company was a street railway company which operated in Oakland and Piedmont, California. It amalgamated several horsecar lines in the area and built two cable railway lines. It was absorbed into the Oakland Transit Company in 1897, becoming a component of the later Key System.

History

The Broadway and Piedmont Railroad was established by Walter Blair as a horsecar line in 1876. It ran on its namesake streets to Mountain View Cemetery.

Simultaneous to the horsecar line to the cemeteries, an additional company, the Fourteenth Street Railroad, was established to build a line on that street. This was put into operation on February 26, 1877. It began at the 7th and Broadway terminal, running up to 14th Street and turning west to the then-city limits. The car barn was located at the corner of 14th and Peralta. The following year, the company sought to expand further west over 16th street to reach the newly-built 16th Street depot. The company began converting to cable-haulage at the end of 1889, though, with only one block of new track laid over one week of work, the move may have been an attempt to block the Central Avenue Cable Company from accessing the street. The line would go on to be converted to electric traction.

The Piedmont Cable power house and car barn was located at the corner of 24th and Harrison. After operations ended, the building was gutted and converted to the Cox Cadillac showroom. It was later redeveloped into a Whole Foods grocery store.

Following Blair's death, his same partners and his widow, Phoebe Blair, established the Piedmont Cable Company in 1889 with the aim to eventually construct three new cable lines. All of the Blair interests were amalgamated as the Consolidated Piedmont Cable Company the following year, and cable service on Oakland Avenue to Piedmont began on August 1, 1890. The old Piedmont Branch was discontinued the same day. The line up Piedmont Avenue from 24th Street to the Cemetery would go on to be converted to cable operation, with the first day of cable service on August 3, 1892. The third line never materialized. The company would enter receivership in November 1983, as it had failed to make interest payments on its outstanding bonds. It was sold at auction for $82,000 in 1895, purchased by a representative of the company's bondholders.

The bondholders agreed to reincorporate the railway and receive stock as compensation, thus the Piedmont and Mountain View Railway was established soon after the auction. The company was taken over by Realty Syndicate in November 1897, becoming a component of the Oakland Transit Company. Cable routes were converted to electric by 1899.

References

  1. "Our Street Railroads". Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. December 12, 1876.
  2. "Relic of Yesteryear". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. May 15, 1960. p. C-1. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  3. Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California Railroads. Golden West Books. p. 44. ISBN 9780870951060.
  4. "Fourteenth Street Railroad". The Oakland Daily Times. Oakland, California. September 6, 1884. p. 3. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  5. "Relic of Yesteryear". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. May 15, 1960. p. C-1. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  6. "Contested Ground". Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. Vol. XVI, no. 282. Oakland, California. December 12, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. "Street Roads". Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. Oakland, California. November 22, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. "At Work Now". Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. Oakland, California. May 2, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  9. "Assured". Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. Oakland, California. May 25, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  10. ^ "Knave". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. April 15, 1962. p. 14-FL. Retrieved December 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  11. "A New Cable Road". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. April 20, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  12. "Out To Piedmont". Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. Vol. XXX, no. 24. Oakland, California. August 1, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  13. "Piedmont Road". The Morning Call. San Francisco, California. November 2, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  14. "An Oakland Road Sold At Auction". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. March 20, 1895. p. 11. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  15. ^ "It's All Right Now". Oakland Enquirer. Oakland, California. March 22, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
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