The Providence Cable Tramway Company built and operated a cable car line in Providence, Rhode Island.
It was incorporated in 1884[1] and eventually absorbed into the Union Railroad.
[2] The line provided access between the East Side and Market Square: prior to this point, College Hill was too steep for other transit systems.
[2][3] This system remained in use until 1915,[2] at which point the East Side Trolley Tunnel, running from South Main Street to Thayer Street was opened.
That tunnel provided a small enough grade that ordinary trolleys could ascend without assistance, rendering the previous systems obsolete.