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Northern Texas Traction CompanyIn 1902 the Northern Texas Traction Company linked the city of Dallas to the east and the city of Fort Worth to the west with its own interurban electric street car line. In 1905 the street cars were moving at 8 mph, but by 1923 the speed had picked up to 65 mph. The street car company was based in the small town of Handley near Forth Worth, which began to grow when the Northern Texas Traction Company bought land in the southern part of the community where it developed a holiday resort called Lake Erie. The company developed its lake and added a roller skate rink, a dance hall, restaurant and rides on a pier above the water. See: Handley (Fort Worth)
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