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Author : Donald Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electric railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015071354958
Author : WILLIAM D. MIDDLETON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033038482
Author : Lawrence A. Brough,James H. Graebner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253343690
The Jewett Car Company was born in the heyday of the electric railway boom in the 1890s. The company gained an excellent reputation for its elegant, well-built wooden cars for street railway companies, interurban lines, and rapid transit service. Cities large and small used Jewett cars, including New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Many Jewett cars found their way to Indiana and many of the interurban lines employed the graceful, arch-windowed wood interurban that Jewett was famous for.Automobile competition and the problems of competing with much larger car builders, such as J.G. Brill and the St. Louis Car Company, signaled the beginning of the end. The company was offered the opportunity to produce munitions for World War I, but refused. The reason: the major source of finance for Jewett was a German nationalist banker from Wheeling, West Virginia, who refused to have the company do anything to harm Germany. As a direct result of that action, the Jewett Car Company failed.
Author : William D. Middleton
Publisher : William D. Middleton
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The interurban era
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780253023209
“A well-written social history of the shortest-lived major US transportation mode” from the railway historian and author of A Mighty Fine Road (Choice). One of the most intriguing yet neglected pieces of American transportation history, electric interurban railroads were designed to assist shoppers, salesmen, farmers, commuters, and pleasure-seekers alike with short distance travel. At a time when most roads were unpaved and horse and buggy travel were costly and difficult, these streetcar-like electric cars were essential to economic growth. But why did interurban fever strike so suddenly and extensively in the Midwest and other areas? Why did thousands of people withdraw their savings to get onto what they believed to be a “gravy train?” How did officials of competing steam railroads respond to these challenges to their operations? H. Roger Grant explores the rise and fall of this fleeting form of transportation that started in the early 1900s and was defunct just 30 years later. Perfect for railfans, Electric Interurbans and the American People is a comprehensive contribution for those who love the flanged wheel. “With this book, the subject no longer has footnote status. In fact, Grant’s work deserves a place alongside some of the other landmark surveys of the subject . . . Here, Grant moves beyond the receiverships, the rickety track, and all that fascinating rolling stock. He shows us why the whole darned thing mattered.” —Railroad History “H. Roger Grant has produced a fine social history of America’s electric interurbans, exploring the relationship between people and those railway enterprises. The book fills a void, is eminently readable, and richly illustrated.” —Don L. Hofsommer, author of Off the Main Lines
Author : Donald Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Holland (Mich.)
ISBN : UOM:39015071354974
Author : Donald Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Holland (Mich.)
ISBN : UOM:39015071354966
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UVA:X000859795
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Michigan
ISBN : WISC:89067446419
Author : Donald Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Holland (Mich.)
ISBN : UOM:39015071359403
Author : Donald Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Heating equipment industry
ISBN : UOM:39015071541059
Author : Graydon M. Meints
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015063329190
Author : Michael Lozon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Central business districts
ISBN : UOM:39015071354891
Author : Jack E. Schramm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Bus lines
ISBN : UOM:39015071224789
Author : Donald Van Reken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Bands (Music)
ISBN : UOM:39015071261195