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- Operated by Silas Merchant, this line ran from a quarry atop Cedar Glen via Euclid to PUBLIC SQUARE, with passenger service commencing at the Railway Hotel at what is now E. 101st St. and Euclid. The line went bankrupt in 1840 and received close to a $50,000 as a subsidy from the county, but continued losing money and ceased operations in 1842.
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The Cleveland Electric became known as the Big Consolidated, and shortly after its mergers were completed, the Little Consolidated—more properly the Cleveland City Railway Co.—took shape in May when Robison's Cleveland City Cable Co. merged with Hanna's Woodland Ave. & West Side Street Railroad.
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The Cleveland City Railway Co. was created in 1893 by the merger of the FRANK ROBISON's Cleveland City Cable Co. and MARCUS A. HANNA's Woodland and West Side Railway Co. On 11 May, Hanna announced the plans for the merger, as well as the electrification of the company's St. Clair St. horse-car line and an extension of the Detroit St. line to ...
In the 1890s Cleveland's 261,000 citizens rode cars belonging to the Cleveland City Cable Railway from UNION DEPOT up Water (W. 9th) St., and then east on Superior Ave.; or they could change to the Payne Ave. line that continued eastward to Lexington and Hough avenues.
Apr 16, 2010 · In the 1890s Cleveland’s 261,000 citizens rode cars belonging to the Cleveland City Cable Railway from UNION DEPOT up Water (W. 9th) St., and then east on Superior Ave.; or they could change to the Payne Ave. line that continued eastward to Lexington and Hough avenues.
Feb 23, 2021 · Activist and artist India Nicole Burton of the Cleveland Public Theatre said the house and St. John’s Episcopal Church are helping tell the story of the Underground Railroad to generations of Ohioans.
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History of public transit in Cleveland. 1818, A stagecoach ran between Cleveland and Painesville. 1834-42, The first rail line, Cleveland & Newburgh, operated along Euclid Avenue, from Public Square to Wade Park.
The Cleveland City Railway Co. was created in 1893 by the merger of the FRANK ROBISON†'s Cleveland City Cable Co. and MARCUS A. HANNA†'s Woodland and West Side Railway Co. On 11 May, Hanna announced the plans for the merger, as well as the electrification of the company's St. Clair St. horse-car line and an extension of the Detroit St. line ...
