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The Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail is a multi-use trail that follows part of the former route of the Ohio & Erie Canal in Northeast Ohio. The trail runs from north to south through Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark, and Tuscarawas counties. The trail is planned to be 101 miles (163 km) long and currently 87 miles (140 km) of the trail are complete.
The Akron post office, with ZIP code 48701, also serves the southern and western portions of Akron Township. [3] Bay Park is an unincorporated community on the border of the Township with Wisner Township on Saginaw Bay west of Vassar Road and Bay Park Road at 43°39′17″N 83°35′21″W / 43.65472°N 83.58917°W / 43.65472; -83. ...
Akron is a village in Tuscola County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 349 at the 2020 census . The village is located on the boundary between Akron Township on the north and Fairgrove Township on the south, with the village area approximately evenly split between the two. The Akron post office, with ZIP code 48701, also serves ...
Contact reporter Derek Kreider at DKreider@Gannett.com or 330-541-9413. This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: New Akron Police Chief Brian Harding talks about his journey ...
Summit Metro Parks is a Metroparks system serving the citizens of Summit County, Ohio by managing 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) in 16 developed parks, six conservation areas and more than 150 miles (240 km) of trails, with 22.4 miles (36.0 km) of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail . The park district is fully supported by a levy, which voters are ...
The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor between Chicago and Pittsburgh. The road runs east–west for 241 miles (388 km) in the northern section of the state, with the western end at the Indiana –Ohio border near Edon where ...
Pliny Fiske Olds and Sarah Whipple Olds. Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-powered car in 1896. The modern assembly line and its basic ...
The first police car in the world was an electrically powered wagon, operated by the Akron Police Department in 1899. The $2,400 vehicle was equipped with electric lights, gongs, and a stretcher, and could reach 16 mph (26 km/h) and travel 30 mi (48 km) before its battery needed to be recharged.