by Alliance Historical Society | Mar 31, 2020 | Historic facts
#3. Morgan Engineering Invents the Traveling Overhead Crane During the lifetime of Thomas R. Morgan, Sr., many notable milestones in the history of the company occurred, among them, the first Overhead Travelling Crane ever built in the United States in 1878; the first...
by Alliance Historical Society | Mar 30, 2020 | Historic facts
#2. Taylorcraft Supports the WWII Effort with Planes for England O-57 in production at the Taylorcraft hangar. The airplanes would be used by the Army Air Corps as a liaison airplane with ground forces. The “O” was the Army’s term for...
by Alliance Historical Society | Mar 29, 2020 | Historic facts
Over the next 25 days, we will bring you the top 25 events that shaped the history of Alliance. #1. The Alliance (crossing) of the railroads Two major railroad lines intersected in Alliance, once known as “The Crossing”. This is another popular...
by Alliance Historical Society | Mar 14, 2019 | Historic facts
The Transue & Williams Company factory was demolished in February 2019. This short video shows a bit of history of the factory, its employees and its final...
by Alliance Historical Society | Jan 12, 2019 | Historic facts
DVDs of Alliance Landmarks are available. This 23-minute video presentation created by Frank and Joan Woolf and narrated by Dick Elliott includes the many historic buildings and landmarks Alliance has had through the years. DVDs of the Fairmount Children’s Home...
by Alliance Historical Society | Jan 12, 2019 | Historic facts
“Alliance As I Knew It: Life in the Late 1800s as retold by William H. Magrath,” relates a first-person narrative of life in Alliance, Ohio, during the end of the 19th century. Describing everything from wooden sidewalks and gas street lights to the homes...
