As Leola M. Stewart pointed out in her article Sandusky, Pioneer Link Between Rail and Sail,
Sandusky has one of the finest natural harbors on the Great Lakes. In the
picture above, three excursion boats can be seen in Sandusky’s harbor around the
turn of the twentieth century. After the passengers got off the steamships, this is what they might have seen:
Visitors flocked to Sandusky by rail and by steamer in the
late 1800s and early 1900s. Cedar Point was a popular destination for many.
By 1920 automobiles parked at the foot of Columbus
Avenue. At this time, streetcar lines ran down Columbus Avenue as well.
Visit the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center to view
this and hundreds of other vintage photographs of Sandusky and Erie County. An
article by Leola M. Stewart is found at the website of the Ohio Historical
Society. Sandusky,
Pioneer Link Between Rail and Sail provides historical background on the natural harbor found at Sandusky Bay, as
well as the development of transportation and natural resources found in this
area of the Great Lakes region.
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