Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway - Wooster

Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway - Wooster

Type	Railroads in Wayne County, Ohio Railroads
Industry	Transportation & Warehousing
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	102 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio

Locations

• Ticket Office 102 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

City Directories

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

Timeline

• 1903 - October 3, Service from Cleveland to Wooster, Ohio began.
• 1903 - The Cleveland Elyria & Western was consolidated with the three companies making up the Cleveland to Wooster route.
• 1929 - The depression in 1929 became the downfall of the closing the the railway in Wooster.
• 1930 - July, Final bankruptcy for the Southwestern line

Gallery

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Maps

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  Sanborn Maps 1905 Car Barns

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  Sanborn Maps 1911 Electric R.R.

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  Sanborn Maps 1923 Freight Station & Car Barns

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

External Sites

• Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
• From a Dissertation Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron, By Stephen D. Hambley, 1993

What Links Here

• Newspaper article:Page 1 of Wayne County Democrat,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, February 7th, 1912 - December 14 2022 ‎ (← links)