Craig R Semsel

Built to Move Millions

Streetcar Building in Ohio

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In addition to discussing the five major car builders that were active in Ohio during this period, the book addresses Ohio companies that manufactured the various components that went into these vehicles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 186mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780253349859
• ISBN-10: 0253349850
• Artikelnr.: 23365267

Autorenporträt

Craig R. Semsel teaches history at Lakeland Community College in Ohio. He lives in Lakewood, Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to the Street Railway Industry
2. Car Builders of Ohio
3. Making the Cars Go: Components Essential for Operation
4. Couplers: When, Where, and Why They Were Used
5. Protecting the Public (and Themselves): Street Railways and the
Manufacture of Safety Appliances
6. Fare Collection and Registration
7. Seldom Mentioned: Trimmings, Hardware, and Ventilation
8. The Decade of Transition, 1910-1919
9. Promise and Stagnation: Streetcar Technology during the 1920s
10. Parts of the Whole: Streetcar Component Manufacture during the 1920s
11. Streetcar Manufacture during the 1930s
Afterword: 1938 and the End of an Era
Appendix: Tables
Notes
Index