(3D Satellite, one of the entrances)
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| safe_image for Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It "By the time the 1920s were in full swing, cost overruns, construction errors, property damage, and political finagling had shut down the Cincinnati subway for good. When construction ceased in the 1920s, 2.2 miles of tunnels had been constructed in what was once the old Miami-Erie Canal bed....The tunnels currently house water mains and electric wiring....Ironically, Cincinnati is now in the midst of building an old-fashioned, $100 million dollar streetcar system which will run in a 3.6-mile downtown loop–while the subway tunnels sit unused underground." |
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| TheCincinnatiSubway Actual Route Completed |
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| DigitalLibrariesUC Sections 1-5 contained the subway that was built in the Miami & Erie Canal bed. The other sections were open track. |
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| WorldAbandoned "When steamboats begun service on the Ohio River in 1811, the city began to trade with St Louis and New Orleans. It was incorporated as a city in 1819 as the population grew rapidly. In 1827, the Miami and Erie Canal was completed and business in the city boomed. The railways came to Cincinnati in 1836 and further fueled local industry. The streetcar system was opened in 1859 with six lines and in 1889, the horse-drawn streetcars were replaced with electric streetcars. By this time, the Miami and Erie Canal had become unprofitable and had been abandoned. There was a proposal in 1883 to place a subway line along the canal bed and cover it with a wide boulevard. By the beginning of the 20th century, Cincinnati was one of the 7 largest cities in America and traffic congestion had become a major issue." But WWI delayed the beginning of the construction to 1920, and the depression stopped the construction. |
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| cincinnati-oh |
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| theverge, this article has three more construction photos |
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| cincinnati-transit/subway, an extensive reference, which is a subset of a book |
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