Visiting 'White Hell' to See Latest Winter Beaters

摘要

The reason Akron became the Rubber Capital of the World was not its unique ability or those of its inhabitants or even the earnestness and inventiveness of the locals. It was, in fact, all about location, location, location. Akron sat along a major east-west shipping corridor with railroads and the Erie Canal servicing the area, and it offered an abundant water supply in the Cuyahoga River.