Aircraft Accidents Indianapolis has witnessed over 100 air crashes since came to the city in the early 20th century. The earliest known… Read More »Aircraft Accidents
Automobile Industry Indianapolis was an early center for automobile manufacturing and design. For a brief period early in the 20th century, it… Read More »Automobile Industry
Aviation Indianapolis was introduced to the “air age” in the late 1800s with hot air balloon ascensions and parachute jumps. On… Read More »Aviation
Bicycling The earliest appearance of the bicycle in Indianapolis was a demonstration on the of the high-wheeled “ordinary” in 1869. Within… Read More »Bicycling
Buses Since 1975, most scheduled bus service between points in has been provided by the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation. Known as… Read More »Buses
Interurbans Interurbans developed in the late 19th century as a result of technological breakthroughs in small electric motors and long-distance electrical… Read More »Interurbans
Public Transportation The origins of public transportation in Indianapolis date to 1863 when the Citizens’ Street Railroad Company competed and won against… Read More »Public Transportation
Railroads In the 1850s, when several new rail lines converged on Indiana’s fledgling state capital, a popular view emerged that Indianapolis… Read More »Railroads
Street Paving Methods Indianapolis streets originally consisted of dirt paths hewn from the forest, in which the stumps were gradually removed.” Corduroy” logs… Read More »Street Paving Methods
Streetcars The streets of Indianapolis have known three kinds of externally guided vehicles offering scheduled passenger service. The mule car (1864-1894),… Read More »Streetcars