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Built to Move Millions : Streetcar Building in Ohio /
At the beginning of the 20th century, the street railway industry was one of the largest in the nation. Once ubiquitously visible on the city streets, by mid-century the streetcar was nothing more than a distant memory. Ohio was home to several large streetcar systems, especially in Cleveland and Ci...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2008.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- An introduction to the street railway industry
- Car builders of Ohio
- Making the cars go: components essential for operation
- Couplers: when, where, and why they were used
- Protecting the public (and themselves): street railways and the manufacture of safety appliances
- Fare collection and registration
- Seldom mentioned: trimmings, hardware, and ventilation
- The decade of transition, 1910-1919
- Promise and stagnation: streetcar technology during the 1920s
- Parts of the whole: streetcar component manufacture during the 1920s
- Streetcar manufacture during the 1930s.