Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company

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The Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company was a street railway operator that provided transit services in Chicago’s South Side and surrounding industrial areas in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public transit operator
street railway company
country United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalSignificance provided transit to South Side industrial areas in early 20th century Chicago
industry urban transit
isPartOf history of public transit in Chicago
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
operatedDuringPeriod early 20th century
operatedInArea Calumet Region
surface form: Calumet industrial district

South Side, Chicago
surface form: South Side of Chicago
operatedInCity Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
operatedInSector urban transportation infrastructure
partOfNetwork Chicago Surface Lines
surface form: Chicago street railway system
region Midwestern United States
servedCommunity industrial workers
residents of Chicago’s South Side
serviceAreaCharacteristic industrial areas
working-class neighborhoods
serviceType public transportation
street railway service
transportCategory electric street railway
transportMode streetcar
usedInfrastructure overhead electric wires
streetcar tracks

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Chicago Surface Lines operatedBy Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company