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Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage Kenneth C. Springirth

Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage By Kenneth C. Springirth

Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage by Kenneth C. Springirth


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Summary

Cincinnati's first line was the conversion of the Mt Adams & Eden Park Inclined Railway Company cable car line to electric operation in 1888 which became part of the Cincinnati Street Railway Co. This book documents that era, including the Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar line which opened in 2016, linking with the Over the Rhine neighborhood.

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Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage Summary

Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage by Kenneth C. Springirth

`Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage' is a photographic essay of the Cincinnati, Ohio, streetcar system. Cincinnati's first electric streetcar line was the conversion of the Mt. Adams & Eden Park Inclined Railway Company cable car line to electric operation in 1888, which became part of the Cincinnati Street Railway Co. in 1896. Because of concern over corrosion of underground conduits and water pipes, Cincinnati's streetcar lines were required to have a double overhead wire within city limits. Cincinnati, along with Merrill, Wisconsin, and Havana, Cuba, were the only streetcar systems in North America with a double overhead wire system. Two open observation streetcars were placed in sightseeing service during 1939. The only Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) cars ever built with two trolley poles were operated in Cincinnati. Although Cincinnati's streetcars made their last run in 1951, the Toronto Transit Commission purchased 52 of Cincinnati's PCC cars with the last one taken out of service in 1982. `Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage' documents the city's streetcar era, including the Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar line which opened in 2016, linking downtown Cincinnati with the Over the Rhine neighborhood.

About Kenneth C. Springirth

KENNETH C. SPRINGIRTH, the author of 33 books on railroads and trolley car lines, has an interest in rail history as his father was a street car motorman in Philadelphia, and his grandfather was a street car motorman in Washington D.C. A native of Philadelphia, he commuted to Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia by trolley car, subway, and sometimes commuter rail graduating in 1962.

Table of Contents

Acknowledments; Introduction; 1 Cincinnati Street Railway Company; 2 Routes 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9; 3 Routes 16, 18, 19, and 21; 4 Routes 27, 31, 32, 35, 46, and 47; 5 Routes 49, 53, 55, 60, 61, and 64; 6 Routes 68, 69, 70, 71 and 78; 7 Cincinnati Trackless Trolleys; 8 Cincinnati Bell Connector (Cincinnati Streetcar); 9 Cincinnati's Streetcar Legacy.

Additional information

CIN1634990331VG
9781634990332
1634990331
Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage by Kenneth C. Springirth
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Fonthill Media LLc
20171204
128
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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