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Beneath the Ballpark
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Horse Drawn Trolleys - What Are They?
In 1892, the first year that they're introduced, there's five deaths. By 1895, trolleys had already killed 107 people and injured at least 400 other people. So this is pre automobile culture. People just weren't used to looking both ways before crossing the street. And horse drawn trolleys were not very dangerous because you could probably power off next to one and still go the same speed.
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