Transportation Changes
Listed below are resources available from the Akron-Summit County Public Library that support activities and exercises related to the Social Studies Skills and Methods Lesson Plan, Transportation Then and Now, from the Ohio History Teachers site.
The Online Maproom from Summit Memory shows canals and railroad lines as well as streets. (Use with the Map Analysis worksheet from the National Archives or Exploring a Map in 12 Easy Steps from the National History Education Clearinghouse)
Canal Resources
- Images of Canals from Summit Memory
- Online book of the 1880 Division Reports about the Ohio Canal including tables of the commodities moved through the system.
- Secondary sources from the library’s catalog on the Ohio Canal
- A bibliography of Ohio and Erie Canal Resources
- Captain Pearl R Nye from the Library of Congress’ American Memory
Railroads, Trains and Streets
- Images of Trains and Depots from Summit Memory
- Images and documents relating to the development of Roads in Summit Memory
Trucks and Buses
- See the Akron Metro RTA Collection in Summit Memory
- See images from the Trucking History Collection in Summit Memory
- Read about our archival holdings relating to Akron’s Trucking History
Search the library’s catalog for secondary sources relating to transportation.
