Editing Norwood, Ohio (section)

===Streetcars and Water Works===
Around the time of Norwood's incorporation, local leaders began pushing for an electric streetcar route on Montgomery Road to connect Norwood with downtown. Until this time, Montgomery Road (known as "The Pike") was a privately owned turnpike, requiring users pay a toll to use the road. This private ownership became a sore spot for local residents who desired public streetcar transportation. With the help of the County Commissioners of Hamilton County and the State of Ohio, Norwood was able to purchase the road for public use and construction was started on an electric railway.

In mid-1891, the Norwood Electric Railway streetcar line was completed between Norwood and Walnut Hills, with the route extending to a turnaround at the [[Mount Adams Incline]].<ref name="Historical Dates for Norwood, Ohio. 1890s">{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohnhs2/date1890s.html |title=Historical Dates for Norwood, Ohio. 1890s |publisher=Norwood Historical Society |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>

Increasing school enrollment resulted in the construction of two new school buildings in 1891. Williams School (later Williams Avenue Elementary) was opened in on Williams Avenue and Marion School (later North Norwood School) was opened on Marion Avenue. Both buildings were later replaced with newer structures.<ref name="History of the District">{{cite web|url=http://www.norwoodschools.org/AboutOurDistrict.aspx |title=History of the District |publisher=Norwood City School District |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Water Tower Norwood Ohio 1894.jpg|thumb|upright|Norwood residents climb the observation deck of the Norwood Water Tower near Indian Mound in 1894.]]

[[File:Water Works Pump Station Norwood Ohio 1894.jpg|thumb|upright|The Norwood Water Works Pump Station at the southwest corner of Harris Avenue and Forest Avenue, when it was constructed in 1894. The pump house pumped fresh well water from this location to the water tower on Indian Mound.]]

Clean drinking water was one of the most important issues facing Norwood in its early days. Residents had to rely on private wells, cisterns or streams for their water. In 1892, the citizens of Norwood voted for a public "water works" system to be built. In 1894, the Norwood Water Works was completed, which supplied Norwood with clean water for 65 years.<ref name="Norwood Water Works Pumping Station (1894–1920?)">{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohnhs2/WaterWorks.html |title=Norwood Water Works Pumping Station (1894-1920?) |publisher=Norwood Historical Society |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>

In March 1894, Norwood's first newspaper, the Norwood Enterprise, began publication. It would stay in print until 1989.<ref name="Historical Dates for Norwood, Ohio. 1890s" />

Norwood's first high school was constructed alongside a nearly identical new elementary school building, with both opening in 1897.<ref name="Historical Dates for Norwood, Ohio. 1890s" /><ref name="Allison North School Building">{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohnhs2/AllisonNorthSchool.html |title=Allison North School Building |publisher=Norwood Historical Society |access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref>