One noticeable impact of this provision was on electric streetcars.

In 1909, the horse and buggy gave way to electric streetcars.

The first electric streetcar began operating on Court Street in 1889.

It was the last line of what had once been a 534 miles network of electric streetcars.

Like most cities, Louisville was served by electric streetcars into the 20th century.

With the electrification of cities, large and small, came the electric streetcar.

The mayhem didn't end until electric streetcars were introduced in the early 1900's.

With the change from cable cars to electric streetcars, the building was used as a storage.

In 1901 the city installed running water and witnessed the introduction of its first electric streetcars.

The electric streetcars were scheduled to be retired on January 1, 1947.