Downtown Cincinnati Subway entrance

Cincinnati, Ohio built part of a citywide rapid transit system, until funds ran out in 1925. The design was very similar to Boston's Cambridge-Dorchester Tunnel (Red Line). ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1410 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Cincinnati Subway ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1410 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Cincinnati Subway ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated  September 17, 1630  1820, as a city County  Suffolk County Mayor  Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water  232. ... View of Boston from the Red Line The Red Line is the newest of the MBTA rapid transit lines in the Boston, Massachusetts area. ... View of Boston from the Red Line An MBTA Red Line train leaving Charles/MGH station bound for Alewife. ...

Originally the Miami and Erie Canal went through downtown Cincinnati. After it fell into disuse it provided an unobstructed route for a rapid transit system. The old canal bed formed a perfect trench in which to build a subway system, which only needed to be covered. A similar construction can be found at the Newark City Subway using the former bed of the Morris Canal. In 1825, the Ohio Legislature approved funding to construct an Ohio water works system. ... PCC streetcar at Newark Penn Station in 2001, signed as 7 City Subway. ... The Morris Canal was a canal and series of water-driven inclined plane railroads that ran across northern New Jersey in the United States from the middle of the 19th century until the 1920s. ...

Construction began in January 1920 and ended in 1927, when the six million dollars allocated to the project ran out. Seven miles of subway had been dug or graded, but no track had been laid. In 1928, the new boulevard Central Parkway was built on top of the subway. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

However, the uncompleted subway tunnels and three built stations remain beneath the road, ready to be used if ever the citizens of Cincinnati desire. As of 2005 this seems unlikely, as a proposed tax levy to fund a rapid transit system failed by a nearly 2-1 vote in 2002. A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported in early 2006 that the city is searching for a consulting firm to evaluate the value of the subway tunnels. The city is looking to find out the feasibility of using the tunnels in a modern rapid transit system. It also wishes to find out if there is any liability for the city created by the tunnels, considering that a local traffic artery, Central Parkway, rests on top of the tunnels, now over eighty years old. The Cincinnati Enquirer is a daily morning newspaper published at Cincinnati, Ohio. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...

See also

• List of rapid transit systems

This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light-rail system with some elements of rapid transit. ...

External links

• A much more detailed account of the Cincinnati Subway story.
• Site promoting the development of a new light rail system for Cincinnati.
• A comprehensive book published about the subway, exploring the political and social reasons for construction, why the subway failed, and what happened with it since 1928.