June 10, 1904 – The Iowa City Citizen announces that the electrified Interurban between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City will be “running on the streets of Iowa City” in a few days.

In the summer of 1904, Iowa Citians were excited to see the new Interurban electrified train roll in from Cedar Rapids. Over the next fifty years, CRANDIC’s Interurban served as a key player in transportation, but one big headache was the low-overhead CRANDIC Bridge over Iowa Avenue. Today, all these years later, the danger still remains!

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