#10 Water Works

Water Works #10 Streetcar

St. Louis Waterworks Car #10 was built for the Waterworks Division of The City of St. Louis in 1914 at the St. Louis Car Company in Baden Missouri. This car, along with several others, provided the means for transporting waterworks employees from the Baden Waterworks to the filtration plant at Chain of Rocks. Later on it became a popular way for people to commute to and from the Chain of Rocks amusement park.

In 1936, in an economy move, the operation was shut down and replaced with buses. Due to wartime rationing in 1944, the railway operation was resumed and the cars ran until April 30, 1955 when cars #10 and #17 operated for the last time.

Cars #10, #11 and #17 were donated to the Museum Of Transport. Car #11 was in bad shape and shortly after its arrival at the Museum was scrapped with only the trucks and other minor components saved. In 1997 the MTTV began the three and a half year renovation of car #10. Everything on the car has been renovated. Rebuilt trucks were installed.

The traction motors were disassembled and rewired. The car roof was replaced. The wood trim inside the car was removed, sanded down and re-stained. The car exterior was repaired and repainted. Everything was done to restore the car to be as it was in the late 1920s. We began operating this car at the Museum Of Transportation in June 2001.

Built 1914, it is powered by 4 55HP motors, one for each axle.

It runs on 600 Volts Direct Current.

Donated in 19xx to the museum by Waterworks Division of The City of St. Louis