Built to Move Millions: Streetcar Building in Ohio (Railroads Past and Present) | 
 enlarge | Author: Craig R. Semsel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
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Pages: 293
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 7.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0253349850
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.6609771
EAN: 9780253349859
ASIN: 0253349850
Publication Date: May 2008
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Product Description
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 of manufacturing. Built to Move Millions examines the manufacture of streetcars and interurbans within the state of Ohio between 1900 and 1940. In addition to discussing the five major car builders that were active in Ohio during this period, the book addresses Ohio companies that manufactured the various components that went into these vehicles.
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Covers some obscure topics, light on technical detail July 3, 2008
I have read about streetcar and interurban systems for several years and have been interested in them since I was a kid. This book is unique in its coverage of the Ohio companies (plus others) that manufactured rolling stock and components for street railways and interurbans. It is very well written and produced. However, it is written for more of a general audience and does not have a lot of hard-core technical detail. Although I was hoping for more of the latter, I still liked the book very much. In particular, I found the author's comments on the era's business environment and the actions of the various companies quite interesting.
Perhaps this is a telling detail. The picture on the cover (also reproduced inside the book as Figure 4.1) shows streetcars in Cleveland. The author draws the reader's attention to the stove vent on the roof of the trailer, but nowhere mentions in the text that the car and trailer are being towed by a rubber-tired maintenance of way truck. Of course, this detail is irrelevant to the book's purpose, but it's the kind of stuff I like.
Again, this is a very good book, but it is different from a typical book on streetcars and interurbans as produced, say, by the Central Electric Railfans' Association.
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