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- ↑ Bruce, Dwight Hall. Memorial history of Syracuse, N.Y., from its settlement to the present time. Electronic Library, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ↑ Boyd's Syracuse Boyd's City Directory 1875. Andrew Boyd, 1875.
- ↑ "First Streetcars Operated Here in 1860". Syracuse Herald . Syracuse, New York. December 14, 1922.
- ↑ American street railway investments. The Street Railway Publishing Company, 1899 p. 262. 1899. Retrieved February 18, 2011.