From Small Town to Downtown: A History of the Jewett Car Company, 1893-1919 (Railroads Past and Present)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253343690 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lawrence A. He has been active in the American Public Transportation Association and served two terms as its president. He lives in Denver, Colorado.. He lives in Newark, Ohio.James H. He belongs to the Society of Automotive Historians and has written several articles for auto history publications as well as the book Autos on the Water. Brough is a retired metallurgica
He lives in Newark, Ohio.James H. He lives in Denver, Colorado.. Graebner has his own public transit consulting practice. About the AuthorLawrence A. He has been active in the American Public Transportation Association and served two terms as its president. Brough is a retired metallurgical engineer. He belongs to the Society of Automotive Historians and has written several articles for auto history publications as well as the book Autos on the Water
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The company gained an excellent reputation for its elegant, well-built wooden cars for street railway companies, interurban lines, and rapid transit service. Brill and the St. Competition from automobiles and from larger car builders such as J. Many interurban lines employed the graceful, arch-windowed, wood interurban that Jewett was famous for. Cities large and small used Jewett cars. As a result, the Jewett Car Company died, but the reputation of their product survives to this day.. The Jewett Car Company was born in Akron, Ohio, in the heyday of the electric railway boom in the 1890s. G. The company was offered the opportunity to produce munitions for World War I, but refused when a German nationalist banker who was a major source of financing for Jewett refused to allow the company to do anything that would harm Germany. Louis Car Company signaled the beginning of the end for Jewett