Berlin Township near Berlin Heights in Erie County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Ghost Railroad.

— Adventure Walkway —

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 24, 2024

1. The Ghost Railroad. Marker

Inscription. The gravel was carried out of Edison Woods to the Lake Shore Electric Trolley Line on Route 61. It was used to construct a trolley line from Ceylon to Norwalk.

From the 1890s to the 1930s electric-powered interurban trains or trolleys connected towns across the region. Trolleys stopped at crossroads, houses, fields, or whenever a passenger pulled a cable. The Lake Shore Trolley Line ran from Cleveland to Lorain, Ceylon, Berlin Heights and Norwalk where it met the Toledo, Fremont, Norwalk line.

This rail bed and the ridge on the west side of Route 61 are remnants of the interurban or trolley period of American transportation history.

[Captions:]
Look to both sides of the Adventure Walkway to see evidence of a railroad track used to carry gravel from the gravel pit...

There are other abandoned railbeds in Edison Woods. One of these went to the quarries and is now the South Ridge Trail.

Erected by Friends of Erie MetroParks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 41° 20.333′ N, 82° 29.317′ W. Marker is near Berlin Heights, Ohio, in Erie County. It is in Berlin Township. It is on Ceylon Road (

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Ohio Route 61) half a mile south of Deehr Road, on the right when traveling north. This is along the Adventure Walkway which is a board walk path within the Edison Woods MetroPark. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10145 State Rte 61, Berlin Heights OH 44814, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sandstone Quarries (within shouting distance of this marker); Brick & Tile Kiln (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Nuclear Power Connection… (about 500 feet away); The Original 1875 School Bell (approx. one mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Memorial Field (1951) (approx. 1.1 miles away); Berlin Heights Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Duty - Honor - Country (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin Heights.

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 24, 2024

2. The Ghost Railroad. Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 330 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.