MARITIME LAW. The Constitution of the U.S.
MCKAY, GEORGE PERRY (13 Jan. 1838-5 Aug. 1918), a pioneer Great Lakes captain credited with playing a significant role in the development of the Great Lakes merchant marine and shipping trade, had a career that spanned the era of the small schooners to that of the great ore freighters.
MEMORIAL SHOREWAY (officially called Cleveland Memorial Shoreway), was the first east-west freeway in Greater Cleveland. Originally a strip of road along the lakefront from E. 9th to E. 55th, the 4-mile stretch of road was envisioned as part of a larger system of roads. Using work relief funds and labor from the WORK PROJECTS ADMIN.
The MERCURY was an experimental streamlined train, the pride of the New York Central Railroad System, which was put into service between Cleveland and Detroit on 15 July 1936. It was a new kind of train for its day. Designed as a day train, it had completely air-conditioned cars, with curving leather divans and armchairs instead of traditional 2-by-2 seating.
MOORE, EDWARD W. (1 July 1864-8 May 1928) was a Cleveland businessman with interests in regional traction companies and public utilities. The son of Philip and Abbie Moore, he was a native of Canal Dover in Tuscarawas Cty., O. He came to Cleveland in 1880 with only a common-school education and began as an office boy in the banking house of Everett, Weddell & Co.
The NATIONAL AIR RACES, begun in 1920 with the first Pulitzer Trophy race, were first held at Cleveland Airport in 1929 and included an aircraft exhibit at PUBLIC AUDITORIUM. There were 35 racing events during the 10-day meet and several cross-country derbies, including what became known as the Powder Puff Derby for women.
The NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD was one of 3 major components of the CONRAIL network, which also included the ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD and the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP., one of two major railroad systems serving Greater Cleveland, was organized in 1982 with headquarters in Roanoke, VA. The descendant of the Norfolk & Western and the Southern railways, it was composed of railroads with long histories in Cleveland.
The NORTH OLMSTED MUNICIPAL BUS LINE (NOMBL) was the first publicly-owned bus line in Ohio. It was established in 1931 during the administration of NORTH OLMSTED Progressive mayor Charles Alden Seltzer. The father of
The OHIO AND ERIE CANAL, connecting Lake Erie at Cleveland with the Ohio River at Portsmouth, was constructed by the State of Ohio between 1825-32 to provide cheap transportation and to promote the state's economic development.
The OHIO MOTORISTS ASSN., known as the Cleveland Automobile Club from its founding on 8 Jan. 1900 until 1978, was the second automobile club formed in the U.S. and is the oldest still in existence.
PECK, ELIHU M. (14 Sept. 1822-8 May 1896), with his partner IRVINE U. MASTERS, an important shipbuilder, was born in Butternuts, Oneida County, N.Y., came to Ohio by the fall of 1845 when he married Susan Ettling Rogers, and worked as a ship carpenter until the mid-1850s.
PECKHAM, GEORGE GRANT GUY (1 Aug. 1874-8 Aug. 1945) was a pioneer in automobile sales in Cleveland, building one of the largest car dealerships in the state. Pekham was born in Troy, Ohio, the son of George Washington and Lavine Jane (Shilling) Peckham and was educated public schools until age 18 when entered commercial school in Dayton to study bookkeeping.
POMEROY, ALSON HORATIO (7 March 1836-1 April 1906) was a BEREA banker who became involved in the organization of interurban railroad lines. The son of farmer Alanson Pomeroy, he was born and received his common school education in STRONGSVILLE.
QUAYLE, THOMAS (9 May 1811-31 Jan. 1895), with his partner, John S. Martin, an important Cleveland shipbuilder, and Democratic city councilman, was born on the Isle of Man where he learned ship carpentry. Coming to the U.S. with his parents in 1827, he became an apprentice ship carpenter and entered into his first shipbuilding partnership in 1847 with John Cody.
The RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877, part of a nationwide series of strikes that began on the BALTIMORE AND OHIO line and spread westward to competing lines, erupted in Cleveland when brakemen and firemen at the COLLINWOOD RAILROAD YARDS of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (see
RAILROADS. While water traffic on both Lake Erie and the OHIO & ERIE CANAL did much to develop Cleveland, it took the appearance of the railroad to make the community's industrial takeoff a reality. From the 1860s to the 1960s, railroads served as the principal transporter of goods and people to and from the Forest City.
RHODES, DANIEL POMEROY (22 Nov. 1813-5 Aug. 1875) was a pioneer in the Cleveland coal mining business, contributed to the development of RAILROADS in northern Ohio, and heavily promoted the development of Cleveland's west side.
The RIVER TERMINAL RAILWAY CO., a class I "Switching" or "belt line," has been a vital link between Cuyahoga River Valley industries and the main-line railroads into Cleveland.
ROBISON, FRANK DE HAAS (1852-25 Sept. 1908), pioneer in street railway lines and owner of the CLEVELAND SPIDERS, was born in Pittsburg, the son of Martin Stanford and Mariah Allison Robison. After spending his boyhood in Dubuque, Iowa, he attended Delaware University briefly.
The S. S. CANADIANA was a passenger steam ship which had a brief, but interesting connection to Cleveland. It was designed by Frank E. Kirby and built by the Buffalo Dry Dock Company of Buffalo, New York in 1910. It was the last commercial passenger ship to be built in Buffalo. The Canadiana measured 215 feet long and weighed in at 974 tons.
SCHMUNK, WALTER GEORGE (10 Aug. 1877-9 Oct. 1947) pioneer in the automobile industry, was born in Cleveland, the son of Capt. John and Minnie D. (Arndt) Schmunk and attended public school in the city.
The SEEANDBEE, once the largest and mostly costly inland steamer, began its career on the Great Lakes on 6 Nov. 1912. This 500', 6,381 gross tons all-steel ship could hold 1,500 passengers on its 4 decks. One of its features was an elegant ballroom.
The SHAKER HEIGHTS RAPID TRANSIT, built by the VAN SWERINGEN brothers, provided a convenient transportation link from the residential properties they were developing in the suburb to the downtown commercial center.
SHIPPING. See LAKE TRANSPORTATION.
