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View on Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit Railway
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| Title | View on Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit Railway |
| Description | Due to the many valleys and ridges over which the Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Tranist Railway crossed, it was commonly called the Mountain Line. The line was built by Thomas F. Walsh of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. John F. Seiberling had tried to build his own line through the area and his foreman even reputedly tore up a court injunction intended to stop the construction handed to him by Walsh. Winning the competition, Walsh drove the first trolley from Cuyahoga Falls to the Empire House on June 21, 1894. Service to Silver Lake started the following day. Seiberling's line, the Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Street Railway, was completed in 1895. Walsh and Seiberling continued to compete, expanding their lines and building up resorts at Summit Lake in Summit County, Ohio to attract customers to ride on their trolleys. (Art Work of Akron, Ohio. pt. 8 pg. 5) |
| Date | 1898 |
| Subject | Akron
Akron & Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit
Railroads
Streetcars and Trolleys
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| Names | Seiberling, John Franklin
Walsh, Thomas F.
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| Publisher | W. H. Parish Publishing Co. |
| Contributors | Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Type | Image
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| Format | 9.51 in. x 7.87 in. |
| Source | AW_akron_cf_railway.tif |
| Relation | Art Work of Akron, Ohio
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| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
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