One hundred years ago, the city of Cincinnatti, Ohio, decided to build a subway tunnel system. These tunnels were abandoned even before being used for the first time what made the Cincinnatti subway one national shame.
The story that we are going to tell you in the following Mysterious article happened at the beginning of the 20th century.At this time, there were big problems of congestion in the streets so it was thought that a good solution would be underground transportation.Cincinnati was, at that time, one of the 10 largest cities in the United States.
The leaders of this city came up with the idea to build their own underground railway after seeing an illustration in the Cincinatti Chart in 1884.It was an illustration of some channels that had been drained, since they were becoming a habitat of harmful mosquitoes.The solution was to cover them by a street that allowed all the traffic to tr They will pass through these underground canals.They were so admired by this illustration that they decided to create a similar proposal for the Miami and Erie Canal.
Plan for a new Cincinnatti metro
In 1910 the project was designed to build the new Cincinnatti metro , a 26km underground system that was going to surround the city.Most of the city's inhabitants gave their approval to the project and its construction It finally began in 1920.Henry Thomas Hunt led the project and in 1911 the Ohio State Legislature leased a portion of the construction channel.
The plan was to build an underground branch that went to the city center .On Brighton and Saint Bernard streets the subway Cincinnatti was to surface and spread over the Ohio River.
The City Council authorized the issuance of 6 million in bonds, with an interest rate of 4.25% to cover construction costs.population agreed to allocate such amount to the construction of the Cincinnatti subway, but it didn't take long for the first setback to come.The United States entered World War I, so work stopped because at that time the emission was not allowed of bonds.
So only three years after the start of the works, the work was abandoned and the main reasons that justified this fact were the increase in costs after of war, constant political disputes and the Great Depression.
In the end Raising the war, construction work resumed although with an increase in the price of construction, so it was necessary to cancel part of this construction.Soon it was clear that the original plan to build a new Cincinnatti subway had failed.At the moment the politics entered the scene.There were numerous fights of the different political parties that did nothing but run aground the project.
In January 1929, finally, the Mayor of Cincinnatti suspended the Rapid Transit Commission in charge of the project and took control.Every attempt was made to raise funds enough to finish the works but a new traspies made it impossible; the Wall Street accident of 1929.
At that time the cars also began to become increasingly popular and that it only served as an argument to the critics who went against the construction of the Cincinnatti metro.
But the people, despite all the details that had happened, still believed in the construction of that underground railway but Unfortunately, a new setback undid any hope.World War II and the Great Depression ended any opportunity to finish the project.
The result was that after the time spent, almost 50 years, the money spent and even the lives of some workers who The project was charged, everything was in vain and a debt of 13 million dollars remained that was not paid until 1966.
The The only good news of this whole story is that the Cincinnatti metro is still in good condition and is not completely closed , the Cincinnati Advance company makes tours through the tunnels twice a year, so the curious can visit legally the longest abandoned subway system in the United States.Also, if you are one of those looking for adventures, you should know that some of the visitors of these tunnels claim to have witnessed certain supernatural events.Who knows, maybe they are the ghosts of the workers who lost life in the construction of the subway.
What do you think about the history of the Cincinnatti subway? Would you like to be one of those adventurers and take a spooky tour of their tunnels? Tell us and we will be happy to read you!
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