Saturday, September 30

Transportation Heritage and Northern Trumbull County Vernacular Architecture and Clock Industry---------------- Bus 1 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.--------------------------------------------------------- Our first stop on this tour will be the Conneaut Railroad Museum. Housed in the former New York Central depot, built in 1900, the museum features railroad memorabilia, equipment, smaller gauge models, and one of the Nickel Plate Road’s Berkshires, the #755. Following the museum, we travel to see some of Ashtabula County’s covered bridges. The afternoon session will be devoted to exploring the early history of Ohio's Western Reserve through vernacular architecture and early industry. We will stop for lunch in Kinsman, with walk-arounds of the Dr. Peter Allen House, the Kinsman CP&E Church, and the Clarence Darrow Octagon House. The remainder of the afternoon will be spent in Hartford at the 1828 Elam Jones Public House. This stop includes a tour of the restored building's interior with special emphasis on the local wooden works clock industry (1815 - 1834) and its effects on local industry and the national economy.

 

 

Nickel Plate Road Berkshire #755 at the Conneaut Railroad Museum

Courtesy of Ted Vasbinder Jr.

Ashtabula Bascule Bridge

Courtesy of Ted Vasbinder Jr.

Great Lakes and Bridges-------------------------------- Bus 2 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.-----------------------------------------------We will travel to Ashtabula, Ohio for a narrated tour at the Kinder Morgan Pinney Dock, the largest privately-owned dock on the Great Lakes. We will also see the Ashtabula Bascule Bridge (built in 1924 and rehabilitated in 1980), a drawbridge with a counter-balance over the Ashtabula River, the only such bridge in the state of Ohio. There will be a long stop at the Ashtabula Marine Museum, housed in the former residence of the Lighthouse Keepers and the Coast Guard Chief, built in 1871/1898. The museum has models, paintings, marine artifacts, photos of early Ashtabula Harbor, ore boats and tugs, miniature hand-made brass tools that actually work, and the world's only working scale model of a Hulett Ore Unloading Machine. The bus will stop for lunch at a local park and proceed to the northeast corner of Ashtabula County to see some of the county’s covered bridges.
Banquet – 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The banquet will be held in Channing Hall at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown. Many members of the congregation, established in 1892, were involved in the steel industry. The cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1925 for this congregation's first and only permanent facility. It was designed by Barton E. Brooke, a member of the church. His inspiration was the Second Unitarian Church of Boston and the architectural style employed by the famous English architect, Christopher Wren.