The Pioneer route and electric railways of Northeast Ohio : the rise and fall of the Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus railway system /

"This is a story about mass transit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban America from a business history perspective. Starting in the 1890s, a revolution in transportation emerged from Ohio's largest cities and within a single decade extended throughout the surrounding countryside co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hambley, Stephen D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ohio history and culture.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Inventing Electric Traction
  • Urban and Interurban Railways in Northeast Ohio
  • The Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway
  • Communities of the Southwestern
  • Financing Northeast Ohio Electric Railways
  • Reflecting on the Industry and the Southwestern.