the omaha and council bluffs railway and bridge company, known as o&cb, was incorporated in 1886 in order to connect omaha, nebraska with council bluffs, iowa over the missouri river. with a sanctioned monopoly over streetcar service in the two cities, the o&cb was among the earliest major electric street railway systems in the nation, and was one of the last streetcar operators in the u.s., making its last run in 1955.