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The Electric Interurban Railways in America

By: George Woodman Hilton,John Fitzgerald Due

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The Electric Interurban Railways in America

By: George Woodman Hilton,John Fitzgerald Due

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." The Nation

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500

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Stanford University Press

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ISBN 10

0804740143

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9780804740142

Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers

By: George Woodman Hilton

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Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers

By: George Woodman Hilton

This is the definitive account of the rise, fall, and extinction of steam passenger transportation on Lake Michigan from its origin in the late 1840s to the demise of the last steamers in 1970.

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394

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Stanford University Press

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0804742405

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9780804742405

The Great Lakes Car Ferries

By: George W. Hilton

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The Great Lakes Car Ferries

By: George W. Hilton

In the United States and Canada, there was a time when railroad tunnels and bridges were only dreams in the minds of designers, when the best way to move railroad cars across rivers and lakes was to load them on specialized ships customized for this purpose. With this functional principle in mind, shipbuilders around the Great Lakes and elsewhere built an amazing variety of vessels to do the job quickly, efficiently, and safely. George W. Hilton’s book tells the story of these boats and of the hardworking, heroic men who day after day, year after year, battled mechanical problems, ice, and bad weather, to get the cars safely across the water.

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471

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Montevallo Historical Press

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ISBN 10

0965862453

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9780965862455

The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway

By: George W. Hilton

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The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway

By: George W. Hilton

The newest version of George W. Hilton’s classic electric interurban history book is here! At the dawn of the twentieth century, before good roads were common and everybody owned an automobile, Northwestern Ohio was the home of the Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway. The TPC&L began operating in 1905 and didn’t entirely close until 1958–that was decades after other railways like it gave up! This fascinating book, first published in 1964, contains the story of the line as told by noted transportation authority George W. Hilton, including its construction in the days of “interurban fever,” the boats that carried passengers from Marblehead to Cedar Point and Sandusky, its varied rolling stock, accidents, and more! This ebook version contains all content from the printed volume.

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175

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Montevallo Historical Press, Inc.

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0965862461

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9780965862462

Book's by George Woodman Hilton

The Electric Interurban Railways in America

The Electric Interurban Railways in America

Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers

Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers

The Great Lakes Car Ferries

The Great Lakes Car Ferries

The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway

The Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway

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