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*  1919 - Wooster City Directory p. 131, Mrs. L. E. Welfare Agent M-266
 
  
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*  1903 - October 3, Service from Cleveland to Wooster, Ohio began. <ref>The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.</ref>
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*  1903 - The Cleveland Elyria & Western was consolidated with the three companies making up the Cleveland to Wooster route. The company was then known as The Cleveland & Southwestern Traction Co. which had a total of 135 miles. <ref>The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.</ref>
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*  1929 - The depression in 1929 became the downfall of the closing the the railway in Wooster. <ref>The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.</ref>
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*  1930 - July, Final bankruptcy for the Southwestern line. <ref>The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.</ref>
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*  1930 - November, Permission was sought from Federal Court to cease operations. <ref>The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.</ref>
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*  1931 - January 31, A hearing was held late January with permission granted to cease operations of the entire southern line from Cleveland to Wooster and Bucyrus, and between Oberlin and Wellington. <ref>The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.</ref>
  
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*  1919 - Wooster City Directory p. 131, Mrs. L. E. Welfare Agent M-266
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File:ClevelandSouthwestern-SanbornMaps1905.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1905 Car Barns
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File:ClevelandSoutherwestern-SanbornMaps1911.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1911 Electric R.R.
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File:ClevelandSouthwestern-SanbornMaps1923.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1923 Freight Station & Car Barns
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File:ClevelandSouthwesternRailway-SanbornMaps1930.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930 Railway & Light Co. Freight Station & Car Barn
 
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*  [http://www.medinaco.org/commiss/clevelandswcolumbusrail.pdf From a Dissertation Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron, By Stephen D. Hambley, 1993]
 
*  [http://www.medinaco.org/commiss/clevelandswcolumbusrail.pdf From a Dissertation Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron, By Stephen D. Hambley, 1993]
  
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About
Name
  • Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway - Wooster
Transportation and Warehousing
  • Rail Transportation in Wayne County, Ohio, Rail Transportation
Facts
Founded
  • Date unknown
Dissolved
  • Date unknown
Related
Key Persons
Location
    • 102 N. Market St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States


Quick Facts

  • 1903 - October 3, Service from Cleveland to Wooster, Ohio began. [1]
  • 1903 - The Cleveland Elyria & Western was consolidated with the three companies making up the Cleveland to Wooster route. The company was then known as The Cleveland & Southwestern Traction Co. which had a total of 135 miles. [2]
  • 1929 - The depression in 1929 became the downfall of the closing the the railway in Wooster. [3]
  • 1930 - July, Final bankruptcy for the Southwestern line. [4]
  • 1930 - November, Permission was sought from Federal Court to cease operations. [5]
  • 1931 - January 31, A hearing was held late January with permission granted to cease operations of the entire southern line from Cleveland to Wooster and Bucyrus, and between Oberlin and Wellington. [6]


  • 1919 - Wooster City Directory p. 131, Mrs. L. E. Welfare Agent M-266

Gallery

  • Cleveland Southwestern Electric Railways Ticket Office.png

Maps

  • Sanborn Maps 1905 Car Barns

  • Sanborn Maps 1911 Electric R.R.

  • Sanborn Maps 1923 Freight Station & Car Barns

  • Sanborn Maps 1930 Railway & Light Co. Freight Station & Car Barn


External Sites

  1. ↑ The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.
  2. ↑ The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.
  3. ↑ The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.
  4. ↑ The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.
  5. ↑ The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.
  6. ↑ The Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway Story by Max E. Wilcox.
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