Before Naples had its bridges and canal homes, it needed a way to get people there. That came from the Pacific Electric Red Cars, the railroad that helped sell a neighborhood, and you can still find traces of the line today.
Category Archives: History
The stories behind Alamitos Bay, Naples Island, the Red Cars and the hydrobike.
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How a duck-hunting marsh became Naples Island: Arthur Parsons’ canals, the Red Car, Olympic rowing at Marine Stadium, the Naples Sabot, the Frank House and decades of holiday lights on Alamitos Bay.
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Riding a bicycle across the water sounds like a modern invention, but the idea is more than 150 years old. Here is how the pedal-powered boat went from a 19th-century curiosity to the hydrobikes you see on Alamitos Bay today.