Not much is known about the life of the man who would combine these disparate pieces of emerging technology into the first mass-produced electric car ... street trolleys. Not only did their ...

Rob Pressley, president of the Belmont Trolley Board: "This is our gift to Belmont. "None of us are making a dime from this." ...

Well, make that two trolley cars—this one (Number 43), which was the very first car of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway. And then its sibling Number 45, which will blow your ears ...

(READ MORE: The rise and fall of the Chattanooga streetcar) Transportation via trolley came to the Scenic City in the 19th century, but the first cars weren't electric and the exact date is unclear.