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Hawthorne Line started as the Mt. Tabor Railroad, a steam dummy service built by Mt. Tabor Street Railroad Co. in 1888. It initially ran from Grand Ave. to 54th. The line was purchased by the East Side Railway in 1891 which connected it to downtown via the old Madison St. Bridge
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Portland. The sidewalks were narrowed to give room to car traffic in 1931, and the streetcar tracks were removed as part of a
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