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Uncertain Trolley, The by Jack Keenan History of the Dayton Springfield & Urbana
Uncertain Trolley, The by Jack Keenan
A History of the Dayton Springfield and Urbana Electric Railway
Soft Cover
108 pages
Copyright 1992
CONTENTS
Prefaceiv
I Building the Railway7
II Dayton to Springfield - The Uncertain Service19
III 1901 - The Year of Promise33
IV 1902 and 1903 Bellefontaine - The Elusive Goal45
V The Great Sinkhole59
VI Cars, Barns and Train Operation67
VII Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission79
VIII Receivership and Corporate Dissolution89
Equipment Drawings102
Sources Consulted104
Index106
ON THE BACK COVER
THE UNCERTAIN TROLLEY A History of The Dayton, Springfield and Urbana Electric Railway
HERE IS A RARE AND FASCINATING TEXT ABOUT ONE OF THE EARLY INTERURBAN RAILWAYS IN WESTERN OHIO THAT OPERATED FROM DAYTON TO SPRINGFIELD THEN NORTH TO URBANA AND BELLEFONTAINE.
TOLD IN CRISP CLEAR DETAIL THIS BOOK REVEALS THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE DAYTON, SPRINGFIELD AND URBANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY. THIS BOOK TAKES YOU THROUGH AN AMAZING STORY TO WITNESS THE VITAL MOMENTS AND THRILL OF THE INTER URBAN.
REVISIT MANY IMPORTANT SITES ON THE INTER URBAN INCLUDING, MEDWAY, SITE OF THE MASSIVE POWER GENERATING FACILITIES, CAR BARN AND TECUMSEH PARK. SEE DOWNTOWN DAYTON AT THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY. VISIT HUFFMAN PRARIE AT THE TIME OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS EARLY POWERED FLIGHTS. RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD'S FOUNTAIN SQUARE AND ARCADE IN A DAY WHEN THE DOWNTOWN WAS A VITAL SOCIAL CENTER. YOU'LL ALSO VISIT THE CHURCH CAMPGROUNDS AND DOWNTOWN URBANA, SINK HOLE AND THE RAILROAD TOWN OF BELLEFONTAINE.
AN EXTENSIVE CHAPTER DETAILS THE EQUIPMNET ROSTER OF THE LINE. ANOTHER CHAPTER DEMONSTRATES THE EARLY TECHNOLOGY OF POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE ERA OF DIRECT CURRENT, AND LATER WITH THE CONVERSION TO ALTERNATING CURRENT.
THIS LINE EVENTUALLY BECAME A VITAL LINK IN THE EMPIRE OF THE OHIO ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND FINALLY CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF THE CINCINNATI AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD BEFORE ABANDONMENT IN THE LATE 1930'S.
MANY PICTURES, MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO AID THE READER IN LOCATING IMPORTANT SITES ON THE LINE.
OVER 70 PHOTOS, MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS
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