Interurban to Milwaukee
Author | : Central Electric Railfans' Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Central Electric Railfans' Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Central Electric Railfans' Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1974-01-01 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : 9780915348060 |
Author | : Central Electric Railfans' Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Woodman Hilton |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780804740142 |
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
Author | : Peter J. Fetterer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Sheboygan County (Wis.) |
ISBN | : 9781790126620 |
Author | : William D. Middleton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Fascinating history of the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad from its beginnings as a modest trolley line in Waukegan to its growth under Samuel Insull and its emergence as the country's fastest interurban. The author details the whole exciting history, including the boom years for freight and passenger service during World War II and the massive Electroliners. With schematic diagrams of rolling stock. Illustrated throughout with over 200 black and white photos.
Author | : John Kelly |
Publisher | : Heimburger House Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-10-09 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780911581676 |
In this new 264-page book, 68 pages of which are in full color, author John Kelly explores the fascinating history of the city's railroads, starting with the Milwaukee & Waukesha in 1847. By 1873 the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway--later the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific ("The Milwaukee Road") opened a line to Chicago and the railroad was on its way. The Milwaukee Shops and the Hiawatha legend, Skytops and Super Domes, and the story behind designer Brooks Stevens, are also featured. Kelly supplies copious data on not only the Milwaukee Road, but also the Chicago & NorthWestern's freight and passenger service, including the 400 fleet. Kelly also writes about the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, America's Fastest Interurban, the Skokie Valley Route and Electroliners. In the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company section, he reviews streetcars, interurbans and trackless trolley buses. With the inclusion of the Lake Boats, the Pere Marquette, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Grand Trunk Western RR's also come into the picture. In addition the book covers the Beer Line and the breweries, Milwaukee's meatpacking industry, Milwaukee's railroad stations and freight yards--a recipe for some great railroad reading. Generously illustrated with 135 color and 362 black and white photos, maps and drawings, this limited edition volume will be available in hardcover and is a treasured keepsake for your library.
Author | : Carl Swanson |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467138630 |
From City Hall to the Pabst Theater, reminders of the past are part of the fabric of Milwaukee. Yet many historic treasures have been lost to time. An overgrown stretch of the Milwaukee River was once a famous beer garden. Blocks of homes and apartments replaced the Wonderland Amusement Park. A quiet bike path now stretches where some of fastest trains in the world previously thundered. Today's Estabrook Park was a vast mining operation, and Marquette University covers the old fairgrounds where Abraham Lincoln spoke. Author Carl Swanson recounts these stories and other tales of bygone days.
Author | : William D. Middleton |
Publisher | : William D. Middleton |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
The interurban era
Author | : Railroad Commission of Wisconsin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 920 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Railroad law |
ISBN | : |