<p>A photographic essay of the history of the Detroit-Superior (now Veterans Memorial) Bridge subway, When Cleveland Had a Subway recalls the short era when streetcars traveled below ground in Cleveland. Between 1918 and 1954, Cleveland did have a subway of sorts. The lower deck of the Detroit-Superior Bridge witnessed the constant squeal of streetcars upon their rails. The line that ran from Public Square West at its height brought thousands of West-siders and others to and from Clevelands downtown area. The short time period is a period of nostalgia for many who experienced it, and the book brings back those memories.</p>

When Cleveland Had a Subway

Toman, James A.

Hays, Blaine S.

Young, Bruce E.

Spangler, James R.

Biographies & Memoirs

Cleveland Landmarks Pr

Cleveland and Its Streetcars takes the reader back to when railway cars dominated the local street scene. The book focuses on the era of 1910-1954, from the time that Cleveland Railway Company took over operation of the consolidated streetcar lines to the day that the last streetcar rumbled over the city's streets. Cleveland's trailer trains, articulated cars, and its Peter Witt car model were widely admired by the nation, and the streetcar reigned supreme through the end of World War II. In 1942, the Cleveland Transit System (CTS) took over the streetcar lines, and eager to "modernize" its fleet, it decided to replace the streetcars with buses, trackless trolleys, and a crosstown rapid transit line. After the end of the war, in May 1945, the first post-war conversion took place. Then the pace of replacing the streetcars with rubber-tired vehicles quickened. By 1954, the task was complete. This book, with over 200 photographs, documents this changing Cleveland scene--when a wonderful era in transportation flourished and then, sadly, disappeared.

Cleveland and It's Streetcars

History

Americas

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

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