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"This is a story about mass transit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban America from a business history perspective. Starting in the 1890s, a revolution in transportation emerged from Ohio's largest cities and within a single decade extended throughout the surrounding countryside connecting those cities. This revolution came in the form of systems of interconnecting electric railways, called interurbans, which were made possible by a favorable political and business culture and fed by an insatiable demand. Driven by a desire for speedy transportation services by a growing population, nascent business organizations acquired the cash, approval of local governments, and essential support of the incipient electrical goods manufacturing industry. In all of this, Ohio would be the leader. Ohio's people, businesses, and resources cultivated the emergence of the electric railway industry to a scale unsurpassed elsewhere in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
About the author
Stephen D. Hambley has been an elected official for over thirty years, serving as a Medina County Commissioner, a Brunswick City Councilman, and as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He earned a PhD in history from The University of Akron, where he was twice awarded a Martin Scholarship. For over twenty years, he taught history, political science, and urban studies at Lorain County Community College, The University of Akron, Cleveland State University, and Lakeland Community College. He is the author of
Historic Tales of Medina County, Ohio.
