St. Charles Car Company - Office and Passenger Coach Dept.

Photograph

SCCHS

Name/Title

St. Charles Car Company - Office and Passenger Coach Dept.

Entry/Object ID

05.1.065

Description

St. Charles Car Company Office and Passenger Coach Dept. ca 1890. Office is left on photograph. Sacred Heart and Rock Church top left. Long building, center, St. Charles Car Company building. Extreme right is the old Mill, later a tobacco factory. St. Charles Car Company, the leading manufacturing establishment of this city, was the St. Charles Company which was first organized in 1873 and grew from a small concern to an institution of mammoth proportions. It had the capacity of about 2,000 men in 1891-1892. Freight, passenger, and street cars were manufactured by this company. Later called the A. C. F., American Car and Foundry. Horse-drawn street cars were made by the St. Charles Car Company.

Create Date

October 29, 2008

Update Date

March 26, 2026