Trolley Tales
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Media Mornings: Meet Dr. Stephen Hambley
On August 2nd at 10:00 am come to our Media Morning event. Local author and historian Dr. Stephen Hambley will speak about his newest book The Pioneer Route and Electric Railways of Northeast Ohio at a Northern Ohio Railway Museum Media Morning. After the presentation, Dr. Hambley will be available for questions and book signing.…
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Paying for the trolley lines
Because of the high cost of building electric railways, the promotors followed steam railroad practice, selling stock, which made the purchasers joint owners of the business and entitling them to a say in how it was run. People purchased the stock so as to share in the expected profits. However, because sale of stock diluted…
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Small Town Informality
Big city trolley lines, just by virtue of their size, often became very impersonal, although in cases when the same crews worked for years over a residential line, this impersonality might be less. However, in smaller communities, where people were much more likely to know most of the other people, the overall atmosphere tended to…
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MEDIA MORNING MEETINGS
Programs are held in the months of March, May, August, November and December on the first Saturday at 10:00 a.m. They take place at the Hinckley Township Administration Building, 1410 Ridge Road, Hinckley, Ohio. Building entrance is directly off the parking lot at the rear of the building. Media Mornings are open to the public.
