Welcome to the Streetscape & History Walk

Welcome to the Streetscape and History Walk. . , Welcome to the Streetscape and History Walk In 1881, Reinhard Scheidler built a new factory building at SS S. 1st Street for his business, the Scheidler Machine Works. Today, that building houses our museum. Scheidler built many types of machinery, including sawmills and grain separators, but the company was most well-known for the steam engines it produced. Within the glass enclosure is a portable. steam engine built at this factory in approximately 1902 or 1903, shortly before Reinhard Scheidler's death. These steam engines were used to power a variety of other types of tools and machinery., Industry and manufacturing were vital to the growth of Newark, but the city's manufacturers couldn't have flourished without a strong transportation network. Throughout the history of the city, newer and more efficient forms of transportation added an extra advantage to locating or doing business here. The ease of transporting goods or resources via the Ohio and Erie Canal, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, or eventually on Interstate 70, has made Licking County an advantageous location for business and manufacturing, even to the present day., You will find examples from different chapters of our local transportation history along the walkway. We invite you to learn about the development of transportation, and through it, the growth and evolution of industry and innovation here in Licking County., [Caption:] , Within this glass enclosure is a portable steam engine made at The Scheidler Machine Works in approximately 1902 or 1903.