First site of interurban depot

The Indiana and Louisville Traction Co., commonly known as the Interurban, laid tracts in 1904-1905. It operated from 1905-1933, later the tracts were removed in 1935 as cars became more available to the public. The original depot in Henryville opened in 1910 under the name Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company. It was an electric train, which ran on tracks that followed the path of what is now Highway 31. The original depot in Henryville burned. It was located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Highway 31 and County Road 160.

The photograph is of the Louisville Dixie Flyer interurban train car making a stop in Henryville. It is said that if the interurban had remained in business until the start of World War 2, it would have made an tremendous profit transporting locals to their jobs in the Charlestown Powder Plant.