STREETCAR/ELECTRIC HOLDING COMPANIES

STONE & WEBSTER

Formed 1889.

Jacksonville Traction Co.
Jacksonville FL
Acquired 1902 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1932

Pensacola Electric Co.
Pensacola FL
Acquired 1906 by Stone & Webster
Sold to Southeastern Power & Light Co. 1924

Tampa Electric Co.
Tampa FL
Acquired 1902 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1946

Columbus Railroad Co.
Columbus GA
Acquired 1901 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1930 to Commonwealth & Southern Corp.

Keokuk Electric Co.
Keokuk IA
Acquired 1911 by Stone & Webster
Sold to North American Co. 1925

Paducah Traction & Light Co.
Paducah KY
Acquired 1905 by Stone & Webster
Sold to Kentucky Utilities Co./Middle West Utilities Co. 1925

Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway
Interurban (MA)
Acquired 1901 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1919

Blue Hill Street Railway Co.
Interurban (MA)
Acquired 1906 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1919

Houghton County Traction Co.
Houghton MI
Acquired 1900 by Stone & Webster
Sold to Central Public Service Co. 1925

Dallas Electric Corp.
Dallas TX
Acquired 1902 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1917 to Electric Bond & Shares Co.

Northern Texas Electric Co.
Fort Worth
Acquired 1905 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1947

Galveston-Houston Electric Co.
Galveston TX, Houston TX, connecting interurban line
Acquired 1903 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1951

Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Everett, Olympia, Centralia/Chehalis, interurban lines
Acquired 1900 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations discontinued 1939

ENGINEERS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.

Incorporated 1925 as subsidiary of Stone & Webster, controlling various properties previously acquired by Stone & Webster. In 1937 became independent from Stone & Webster, liquidated 1956.

Key West Electric Co.
Key West FL
Acquired 1905 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations discontinued 1933

Savannah Electric & Power Co.
Savannah GA
Acquired 1901 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1945

Baton Rouge Electric Co.
Baton Rouge LA
Acquired 1907 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1943

Eastern Texas Electric Co.
Beaumont, Port Arthur, connecting interurban line, Lake Charles LA
Acquired 1911 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1932

El Paso Electric Co.
El Paso TX
Acquired 1901 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1943

Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Norfolk, Petersburg, Richmond, interurban lines
Acquired 1925 by Stone & Webster
Transit operations sold 1944

Stone & Webster continues to exist as an engineering and consulting company.


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