Akron Railroads

ISBN: 9780738541419

出版社: Arcadia Pub

出版年: 2007-1

页数: 127

定价: $ 24.85

装帧: Pap

内容简介

The self-described rubber capital of the world, Akron was the home of numerous rubber factories that made tires for Americas burgeoning automobile industry. Many of the raw materials needed to create rubber arrived by rail, and the finished products moved to market in freight cars. The citys major railroads included the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Erie Railroads, but three regional carriers, the Akron, Canton and Youngstown, the Wheeling and Lake Erie, and the Akron and Barberton Belt, also served Akron-area industries. Written in cooperation with the Akron Railroad Club, this book chronicles the ever-changing Akron railroad scene since the clubs founding in 1936.