Built to Move Millions: Streetcar Building in Ohio

by Craig R. Semsel

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 Cincinnati, and had more interurban tracks than any other state in the union. Thus, Ohio served as one of the street railway industry's greatest centers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253349850
• ISBN13: 9780253349859
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher