The Cincinnati Subway: History of Rapid Transit

The Cincinnati Subway: History of Rapid Transit
Author: Allen J. Singer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2003-05-21
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1439613788

While Cincinnati intended their new subway, started in 1920, to be a shining jewel for public transportation, the story of its origin and ultimate failure show the history of the Queen City. Cincinnati emerged from a tumultuous 19th century as a growing metropolis committed to city planning. The most ambitious plan of the early twentieth century, the Cincinnati Subway, was doomed to failure. Construction began in 1920 and ended in 1927 when the money had run out. Today, two miles of empty subway tunnels still lie beneath Cincinnati, waiting to be used. The Cincinnati Subway tells the whole story, from the turbulent times in the 1880s to the ultimate failure of "Cincinnati's White Elephant." Along the way, the reader will learn about what was happening in Cincinnati during the growth of the subway-from the Courthouse Riots in 1884 to life in the Queen City during World War II.

Cincinnati Subway & Rail Rapid Transit Compilation

Cincinnati Subway & Rail Rapid Transit Compilation
Author: Bob Diamond
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 730
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1365272249

Perhaps the time has come to complete a greater Cincinnati rail transit system that's been over a century in the making

Electric Indiana

Electric Indiana
Author: Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2023-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253067146

In the early twentieth century, an epic battle was waged across America between the interurban railway and the automobile, two technologies that arose at roughly the same time in the late 1890s. Nowhere was this conflict more evident than in the Midwest, and specifically Indiana, where cities of industry such as Indianapolis, Gary, and Terre Haute were growing faster every day. By 1904, Indianapolis had opened the Traction Terminal, which was widely acclaimed to be the largest and most impressive interurban station in the world. Yet, today there is only 90-mile remnant of this one great system still operating within Indiana. Featuring over 90 illustrations and featuring contemporary accounts and newspaper articles from the period, Electric Indiana is a biographical study of the rise and fall of a onetime important transportation technology that achieved its most impressive development within the Hoosier state.