William E. Pease was the younger brother of F. A. Pease. For more than twenty years, he served as the Chief Engineer for the Van Sweringen railroad empire, designing the rapid transit line from downtown Cleveland to Shaker Heights, as well as the Terminal Tower and the Union Train Station. Pease was said to have a sense of humor. He assigned colorful names to sections of the transit line according to the difficulties he encountered in acquiring land or addressing difficult terrain. Thus, he dubbed one section "Tin Can Dump" and another "Jackass Hill." | Source: Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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