The Cincinnati Subway

Author : Allen J. Singer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0738523143

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The Cincinnati Subway by Allen J. Singer Pdf

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.

Author : Jacob R. Mecklenborg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781614231912

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Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway by Jacob R. Mecklenborg Pdf

What of those ghostly catacombs that lie dormant below city streets? Those subway tunnels, never finished, never filled with the screeches of trains and the busy commotion of commuters. Just there. Dead. You've heard of the subway's demise. The tunnels were too narrow. The city was too broke. A grand miscalculation. Well, most of what you've heard is, sorry to say, untrue. The popular story of the subway's demise is myth-laden and as incomplete as the original plan. The full story, long buried in mounds of public records dispersed in libraries, is now revealed. Local author Jacob R. Mecklenborg emerges from those dusty tomes with a fresh, thought-provoking, full examination of the subway's demise and what its future might hold.

Author : Bob Diamond
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365272240

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Cincinnati Subway & Rail Rapid Transit Compilation by Bob Diamond Pdf

Author : Jeff Morris,Michael A. Morris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738560332

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Haunted Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio by Jeff Morris,Michael A. Morris Pdf

There is a dark history in southwest Ohio that some people would much rather forget. A riot tore through downtown Cincinnati in 1884, a fire burned relentlessly at the Salvation Army orphanage on Front Street, and one of the largest mass murders in history occurred in a small, unassuming home in Hamilton. Many of these tragedies have begun to fade away, forgotten in dusty books hidden on library shelves. The spirits of those involved in these tragedies, though, are not so easily forgotten. Many of the most popular historic sites and some of the lesser-known and forgotten corners of southwest Ohio are haunted by the spirits of those who lived and died there. Haunted Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio examines the ghostly history of more than 30 such locations. It tells ghost stories and reports historic events from area theaters, cemeteries, museums, parks, roads, railroad tracks, and even a castle through narrative and photographs. Perhaps the ghosts are history's way of remembering the past--even those dark corners of the past that few would like to relive.

Author : Felix Winternitz,Sacha Bellman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781461746928

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Insiders' Guide® to Cincinnati by Felix Winternitz,Sacha Bellman Pdf

For those looking to visit Cincinnati or considering moving there, Insiders' Guide to Cincinnati is the essential source for information about this thriving Ohio city. Written by locals with first-hand experience in the region, this exceedingly useful and practical guide offers a personal perspective of Cincinnati and its surroundings and includes three maps of the area.

Author : Jake Berman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780226829807

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The Lost Subways of North America by Jake Berman Pdf

A visual exploration of the transit histories of twenty-three US and Canadian cities. Every driver in North America shares one miserable, soul-sucking universal experience—being stuck in traffic. But things weren’t always like this. Why is it that the mass transit systems of most cities in the United States and Canada are now utterly inadequate? The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider this eternal question, with a strikingly visual—and fun—journey through past, present, and unbuilt urban transit. Using meticulous archival research, cartographer and artist Jake Berman has successfully plotted maps of old train networks covering twenty-three North American metropolises, ranging from New York City’s Civil War–era plan for a steam-powered subway under Fifth Avenue to the ultramodern automated Vancouver SkyTrain and the thousand-mile electric railway system of pre–World War II Los Angeles. He takes us through colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems—drawing us into the captivating transit histories of US and Canadian cities. Berman combines vintage styling with modern printing technology to create a sweeping visual history of North American public transit and urban development. With more than one hundred original maps, accompanied by essays on each city’s urban development, this book presents a fascinating look at North American rapid transit systems.

Author : Allen J. Singer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738533378

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Cincinnati on the Go by Allen J. Singer Pdf

Cincinnati on the Go explores the various modes of transportation that helped people get around in the first half of the 20th century, providing a unique view of the Queen City through the eyes of her everyday commuters. This volume features historic images of river transportation, street railways, city buses, steam railroads, the first automobiles, and wonderful, rare street scenes. Author Allen J. Singer expands on the transportation photographs in the previously released The Cincinnati Subway, inviting the reader up and out of the abandoned subway tunnels and on a visual tour through the historic streets of the Queen City on her riverboats, streetcars, cable cars, railroads, interurbans, and buses.

Author : Dan Smith,Teri Casper
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614233763

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Ghosts of Cincinnati by Dan Smith,Teri Casper Pdf

Cincinnati chills are on the menu, as two ghost tour guides serve up the most terrifying tales from this Ohio River city’s haunted history. A ghostly captain who forever guards her steamboat, an elusive lady in green who roams Carew Tower, spectral lovers who reunite in museum halls, these are among the souls who walk Cincinnati’s forgotten paths. Take a chilling tour with Teri Casper and Dan Smith, owners of Cincinnati Tours, Inc., as they recount the infamous murder of Imogene Remus by her bootlegger husband and recall the tale of a young World War II soldier who is still searching for a way home from Union Terminal. Wander among the lonely mausoleums of Spring Grove Cemetery and listen for strange echoes in Music Hall to meet the otherworldly residents of the Queen City. Includes photos!

Author : Jeff Suess
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781626195752

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Lost Cincinnati by Jeff Suess Pdf

Portions of the text appeared previously in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Author : Steven J. Rolfes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780738593951

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Cincinnati Landmarks by Steven J. Rolfes Pdf

Landmarks are more than statues and great buildings--they tell the world what is important to a community. Behind every landmark is a story, and Cincinnati has many stories. A charming gazebo is actually the site of a grisly murder committed by a gangster. Symphonies and operas performed in an elegant hall are actually serenading the forgotten dead of a century before. What is now an office building once held the relics of an ancient saint, attracting thousands of pilgrims every year. These and many other stories make up the tapestry of Cincinnati Landmarks.

Author : Jack Gieck
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0873383532

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A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913 by Jack Gieck Pdf

This book is a profusely illustrated interpretation of life along Ohio's 19th-century canal system: the Miami & Erie Canal with its multiple feeders in central and eastern Ohio. Gieck recounts the efforts of people involved in the planning and building of the canal system and draws an admiring yet candid picture of the canalers who made their livelihood upon the canal waters. Designed in an oversized format, this beautiful volume will be welcomed by historians and engineers as well as by all those who find in the surviving canals a fascinating symbol of Ohio's heritage.

Author : James Moore,Paul Nero
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752466767

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Pigeon Guided Missiles by James Moore,Paul Nero Pdf

During the Second World War, an American behavioural psychologist working with pigeons discovered that the birds could be trained to recognise an object and to peck at an image of it; when loaded into the nose-cone of a missile, these pecks could be translated into adjustments to the guidance fins, steering the projectile to its target. Pigeon-Guided Missiles reveals this and other fascinating tales of daring plans from history destined to change the world we live in, yet which ended in failure, or even disaster. Some became the victims of the eccentric figures behind them, others succumbed to financial and political misfortune, and a few were just too far ahead of their time. Discover why the great groundnut scheme cost British taxpayers £49 million, why the bid to build Minerva, a whole new country in the Pacific Ocean, sank, and why the first Channel Tunnel (started in 1881, over a century before the one we know today) hit a dead end.

Author : Allen J. Singer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738534323

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Stepping Out in Cincinnati by Allen J. Singer Pdf

Long before folks had a television set and radio in every room, they sought entertainment by stepping out for a night on the town. The choices around Cincinnati were nearly limitless: live theater at the Cox; spectacular musicals at the Shubert; hotels featuring fine dining and dance orchestras; talking pictures at everyoneA[a¬a[s favorite movie palaceA[a¬athe Albee; burlesque and vaudeville shows at the Empress Theater on Vine Street; and gambling casinos were just a short drive across the river in Newport. All of the major entertainment venues in the Queen City during the first half of the 20th century are explored in Stepping out in Cincinnati. From saloons to ornate movie palaces and from the Cotton Club to the Capitol, you join those pleasure seekers, getting a real sense of what they saw: wonderful events and their countless imagesA[a¬athe things of which fond memories were made. Today, those memories have faded and virtually all of the once-glittering showplaces have been bulldozed into history. But within these pages, we get to experience first hand what it was like to be there. Unique among the many photographs featuring unforgettable movie houses and nightclub orchestras are never-before-published images of actual live vaudeville performances onstage at the Shubert, plus rare, clandestine pictures snapped inside the casinos in Newport. Also revealed are the locations of the better-known speakeasies during Prohibition; where the best halls to dance to live orchestras were; what the earliest movie houses were like; and what black Cincinnatians did for entertainment.

Author : Philip G. Ciafardini,Pamela Ciafardini Casebolt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738552143

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Italians of Greater Cincinnati by Philip G. Ciafardini,Pamela Ciafardini Casebolt Pdf

Italians of Greater Cincinnati focuses on the Italian immigration into the Cincinnati area beginning in the early 1800s. The northern Italians were the first to arrive, followed by those in the south of Italy, including Sicily. In the spring of 1892, plans were being made to build a Catholic church for the estimated 4,000 Italian immigrants. In 1897, two biological Italian immigrant sisters, who had joined the religious order of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Sr. Blandina and Sr. Justina Segale, began their life's work with the poor immigrants living in the Cincinnati area. Today descendants of these early immigrants, as well as those who arrived in the 20th century, continue to celebrate their rich Italian heritage through social clubs and community involvement. The photographs contained in this volume detail the lives of the Italians as they strived to become Americans.

Author : Jeff Suess
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625851086

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Lost Cincinnati by Jeff Suess Pdf

Cincinnati earned its nickname of "Queen City of the West" with a wealth of fine theaters and hotels, a burgeoning brewery district and the birth of professional baseball. Though many of these treasures have vanished, they left an indelible mark on the city. Revisit the favorite locales from old Coney Island to Crosley Field. Celebrate lost gems, such as the palatial Albee Theater and the historic Burnet House, where Generals Grant and Sherman plotted the end of the Civil War. Along the way, author Jeff Suess uncovers some uniquely Cincinnati quirks from the inclines and the canal to the infamous incomplete subway. Join Suess as he delves into the mystery and legacy of Cincinnati's lost landmarks.