Electric Indiana : the rise and fall of the world's greatest interurban railway center, 1893-1941 / Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes.
"In the early twentieth century, an epic battle was waged across America between the interurban railway and the automobile, two technologies that arose at roughly the same time in the late 1890s. Nowhere was this conflict more evident than in the Midwest, and specifically Indiana, where cities...
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Bloomington, Indiana :
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[2023]
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| Series: | Railroads past and present.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Electric Indiana : |b the rise and fall of the world's greatest interurban railway center, 1893-1941 / |c Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Bloomington, Indiana : |b Indiana University Press, |c [2023] | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Interurban versus Automobile -- 1. Memories and the Personal Discovery of Indiana's Interurban Era -- 2.The Promise of Electricity, The Peril of Gasoline -- 3. Investor's Dilemma: Interurban or Automobile? -- 4. Hoosier Hysteria -- or, the Interurban Boom Years -- 5. Gas Belt Prosperity and Indiana's Interurban Pioneers -- 6. Hugh McGowan, Interurban Empire Builder -- 7. The Expansive Dozen Years -- 8. Growing Traffic, Going the Distance -- 9. Travel by Interurban -- 10. A Time for Sober Reflection | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11. Jitney, the Emergence of a Disruptive Technology -- 12. Losing Traction, Rising Highway Competition -- 13. Deadly Delusion: The Comeback that Never Was -- Conclusion: Remnants -- Appendix: Who Really Coined the Word "Interurban"? -- Notes -- Suggested Further Reading -- Index | |
| 520 | |a "In the early twentieth century, an epic battle was waged across America between the interurban railway and the automobile, two technologies that arose at roughly the same time in the late 1890s. Nowhere was this conflict more evident than in the Midwest, and specifically Indiana, where cities of industry such as Indianapolis, Gary, and Terre Haute were growing faster every day. By 1904, Indianapolis had opened the Traction Terminal, which was widely acclaimed to be the largest and most impressive interurban station in the world. Yet, today there is only a 90-mile remnant of this once great system still operating within Indiana. Featuring over 90 illustrations and featuring contemporary accounts and newspaper articles from the period, Electric Indiana is a biographical study of the rise and fall of a onetime important transportation technology that achieved its most impressive development within the Hoosier state"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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