Built to Move Millions : Streetcar Building in Ohio /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Semsel, Craig R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fahrzeugbau
Strassenbahn
Street-railroads.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Street-railroads > Ohio > History.
Staat Ohio
Ohio.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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