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Served Dayton as a railroad watchtower from 1907 to 1976 on the corner of West Fifth and Broadway Streets. An attendant manually operated railroad crossing gates from inside the 1894 tower. The Lloyd Miller shelter is dedicated to a 40-year Park employee. NOTE: A complete list of all the things…
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I have never known anything about the Great 1913 Dayton Flooding until I visited the exhibit inside the Carillon Historical Park. On the morning of March 25, 1913, the citizens of Dayton, Ohio were awaken by the sounds of factory whistles blowing and church bells ringing amid the heavy rains….
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A tributary of the bigger Little Miami River, the Massies Creek is a stream located entirely within Greene County, Ohio. A portion of the creek runs through the Indian Mound Reserve Park in Cedarville, Ohio. I have hiked along the Massies Creek via the trail that connects the entrances of…
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What you see at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio is a representative auto sales building housing early Dayton-made automobiles. Among them are a 1908 Stoddard-Dayton, 1910 Speedwell, and 1910 Courier. In the early 20th century, there were as many as 14 automobile manufacturers in Dayton. Only a few…
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This 1924 Sun Oil Station is located at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. With a pagoda-style roof and blue and yellow color scheme, Sun Oil or Sunoco, was among the first companies to standardize the look of its service. The first “no-knock” tetraethyl lead gasoline was sold at the…
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The Print Shop building showcases the 1930s printing office in Dayton, Ohio with period equipment. It interprets an era when the city was home to 77 printing companies. Dayton was home to the immense McCall Company printing plant and other leading companies in the production of periodicals, business forms, music…
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The old and historic Corliss Engine Building is located inside the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. The building displays the Corliss Engine that provided the National Cash Register Company electrical power and steam heat from 1902 to 1948. Interesting historical facts: 1. The components of the 210-ton Corliss Engine…
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The Deeds Barn Replica houses exhibits about the lives and work of acclaimed inventors, Charles F. Kettering and Colonel Edward A. Deeds. Inside the original barn, from 1908 to 1912, Deeds, Kettering, and a group of friends invented the electric automobile ignition, and later, the electric automobile self-starter. Interesting historical…
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