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Connecticut Trolley Museum LbNA #20617 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:The Bird Stamper
Plant date:Feb 27, 2006
Location: Connecticut Trolley Museum
City:East Windsor
County:Hartford
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Found by: quiltjoy
Last found:Mar 26, 2016
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFr
Last edited:Feb 27, 2006
Connecticut Trolley Museum

Location: Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Planted: 2/27/2006 by The Bird Stamper.
Letterboxes: 1.
Stamp: Carved by RTRW, delivered by Pine Tree.
Time: 1 hour, plus time to tour the facilities.
Length: short.
Difficulty: Check the web site before hand, to go only when the trolleys are running. http://www.ct-trolley.org. Weekends spring and fall. Daily except Tuesday in the summer. Modest charge for tickets. Note that the answers to the questions are not given during special events, such as Pumpkin Patch or Winterfest.

Description:
The Connecticut Trolley Museum has genuine antique trolleys running on their tracks. Cities and suburbs had trolley systems in the era from 1890 through about 1950. Now few American cities have them, but they are still in wide spread use in Europe.

Also while you are there visit the Visitor’s Center, Gift Shop, Fire Museum, Bus Museum, and the on site deli.

Directions:
Take exit 45 from I-91. Take route 140 east about 1/2 mile. The museum is on the right.

The Clues:
Get your tickets at the gift shop. Go to North Road Station and take a ride down memory lane. Then answer the following questions, and take your answers to the Gift Shop.

1. Which trolley did you ride on? ____________________

2. What year was it made? ________________

3. What city did it run in? _______________________

4. What year was the Museum founded? ___________

5. How long is the track to the end of the line? _____________

6. What company owned the line before the museum? ___________________________

7. What years were they in business? _____________ to ________________

8. What powers the trolley? __________________

9. Where does the trolley get it? ______________________

10. Is riding trolleys fun? ______________

I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Special permission for this letterbox was granted by the manager of this organization. Others wishing to plant here should contact me and I will find out if permission can be extended.