Locations - Wisconsin

Dretzka's Department Store, Cudahy WI

Dretzka's at 4746 S. Packard Avenue, Cudahy in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin has a cable system still in situ, though not operational. The colour photographs are courtesy of Royal Brevvaxling.

 

Exterior of the store

A view of the cable run and part of a drop

A drop station and end of the line on the cable system

 

A longer view of the cable run.

 

Edna Dretzka in the store, 1988. Photograph from J.Shimon & J.Lindemann with Creative Commons licence.

Close-up of the drop