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Kipton was the site of a famous train wreck on April 18, 1891, [5] which was caused by railroad engineers' watches not being in sync; and led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers in 1893. An Ohio Historical marker in Kipton Community Park notes the details of the collision. [6]
Union Church (Kipton Community Church) is a historic church at 511 Church Street in Kipton, Ohio. It was built in 1879 and added to the National Register in 1982.
Ohio: County: Lorain: Area [1] • Total. 19.95 sq mi (51.68 km 2) • Land: ... The village of Kipton is located in northern Camden Township. Name and history
1891 Great Kipton Train Wreck, Kipton, Ohio; 9 killed. Led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers [34] [35] 1891 Bostian's Bridge train disaster, Statesville, North Carolina; 25-30 killed plus 25-30 injured.
In 1891 there was a collision between Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway trains at Kipton, Ohio, which occurred because an engineer's watch had stopped. The railroad officials commissioned Webb C. Ball as their Chief Time Inspector, in order to establish precision standards and a reliable timepiece inspection system for railroad ...
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Lorain County (/ l ɔː ˈ r eɪ n /) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. [2] Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. [3]
March 8 – United Kingdom – A Great Western Railway passenger train was derailed by a snowdrift at Camborne, Cornwall. [9]April 19 – United States – Kipton, Ohio, United States: A passenger train and a freight train collided just east of the Kipton depot killing eight.