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Citizen Electric Park, Muscatine, Iowa.

At its high point, the railway operated on four routes over 10.4 miles of track. Ownership changed hands multiple times but in 1916 it began to operate as the Clinton, Davenport and Muscatine Railway. In 1928, Iowa Electric took over ownership because the business wanted the electrical lines for private use. That change in ownership was instrumental in shutting down the city streetcars.