| Cleveland Mainline Railroads Contributor(s): Sanders, Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467111376 ISBN-13: 9781467111379 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Transportation | Railroads - History - Transportation | Railroads - Pictorial |
| Dewey: 625.100 |
| Series: Images of Rail |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.63" W x 9.22" (0.69 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1800s, railroad development was instrumental in enabling Cleveland to become an industrial center. By 1920, Cleveland was the nation s fifth-largest city, with an economy dependent on the iron and steel, petroleum-refining, automotive, and chemical industries. It was second only to Detroit among American cities in the percentage of the population employed by industry. Railroads brought raw materials needed for manufacturing and carried the finished products to markets everywhere. The mainline railroads serving Cleveland included the Baltimore & Ohio, the Erie, the New York Central, the Nickel Plate Road, the Pennsylvania, and the Wheeling & Lake Erie. Images of Rail: Cleveland Mainline Railroads describes how these six railroads developed and what freight and passenger markets they served through the 1960s, a period during which railroads were the primary carriers of goods and passengers to Cleveland. Industry changed following World War II, leading to the consolidation and abandonment of railroad routes in northeast Ohio." |
Contributor Bio(s): Sanders, Craig: - Craig Sanders is the president of the Akron Railroad Club and has published five railroad history books. A resident of University Heights, Sanders teaches journalism and public relations at Cleveland State University. Most of the more than 200 images in this book are from the special collections of the Cleveland State University Library. |