Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company


The Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company was set up in 1898 as successor to the Waupaca Electric Light Association. It opened on July 4, 1899 with regular service from July 9. Service was typically hourly.
The single line ran from the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad depot in Waupaca via Oak Street, Mill Street, Main Street, Fulton Street, and Highway 22 to King on Rainbow Lake. The Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Home in King housed 600 Civil War Veterans and their wives, who provided much of the line's ridership. A small station was located near the Veterans Home in King. From there, it continued on to the Grand View Hotel which served vacationers visiting the Waupaca Chain of Lakes.

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The line was losing money from 1917 and closed on July 4, 1925 after exactly 26 years of service.