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The Trolley District is a mixed-use complex in Columbus, Ohio. The three-acre (1.2 ha) site houses the East Market , a public market and food hall, as well as two bars, restaurants, a brewery, and event space, with plans for neighboring apartments.
The tour began on the grounds of the Franklin Park Conservatory in the Scotts Miracle-Gro Community Garden Campus, with the first stop being the recently restored "Caretaker's Cottage". [40] In addition to serving as a neighborhood resource center and meeting space, the Caretaker's Cottage is home to the American Community Gardening Association.
The Columbus Interurban Terminal One of two remaining Columbus streetcars, operated 1926–1948, and now at the Ohio Railway Museum. The first public transit in the city was the horse-drawn omnibus, utilized in 1852 to transport passengers to and from the city's first train station, and in 1853, between Columbus, Franklinton, Worthington, and Canal Winchester.
A trolleybus of the Oakwood Street Railway, one of multiple companies that once operated trolleybuses in Dayton, passing the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1937. The first electric trolley bus (ETB) service in Ohio began operation in Dayton, on April 23, 1933, when the Salem Avenue-Lorain Avenue line was converted from streetcars to trolley coaches — or trolley buses, as they are most ...
In 1895, the Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company purchased "The Villa" at the northern end of the company's North High Street trolley line. [1] The company hoped to use the park to increase the ridership on the weekend. [2] Electric lighting was added to the park in 1896. [1]
Indianola Park was a trolley park that operated in Columbus, Ohio's University District from 1905 to 1937. [2] The amusement park was created by Charles Miles and Frederick Ingersoll, [3] and peaked in popularity in the 1910s, entertaining crowds of up to 10,000 with the numerous roller coasters and rides, with up to 5,000 in the massive pool alone. [4]
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. [1]
The Ohio Railway Museum (ORM) is an educational organization dedicated to the preservation and operation of historic railway equipment. A special focus is its collection of historic Ohio Railway equipment and artifacts.