The Cable Car in America

Author: George W. Hilton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781503616752
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Enriched with almost 700 illustrations, this book has long been the definitive study of the American cable car, a widely touted form of urban transportation that operated in 29 cities across the United states. This once-promising technology proved inefficient, however, and cable cars were soon replaced by electric trolley cars. Today, they are only to be found as a tourist attraction traversing the steep hill of San Francisco.

The Cable Car in America

Author: George Woodman Hilton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
Enriched with almost 700 illustrations, this book has long been the definitive study of the American cable car, a widely touted form of urban transportation that operated in 29 cities across the United States. This once-promising technology proved inefficient, however, and cable cars were soon replaced by electric trolley cars. Today, they are only to be found as a tourist attraction traversing the steep hills of San Francisco. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Cable Car Book

Author: Charles A. Smallwood
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517408780
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Book tells the history of the cable car in the San Francisco area. From the beginnings of the concept by Andrew Hallidie through the cable car companies and their various lines, the history has many illustrations. Appendices. (jvl).

The Cable Car in America; a New Treatise Upon Cable Or Rope Traction As Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways, by George W. Hilton. Cartography by James A. Bier

Author: George Woodman Hilton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads, Cable
Languages : en
Pages : 484

Book Description

Maybelle, the Cable Car

Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
A picture story about San Francisco cable cars and their fight for survival. For primary grades.

Cable Cars

Author: Francis J. Clauss
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cable cars (Streetcars)
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description

San Franciscos California Street Cable Cars

Author: Walter Rice, PH. PH.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789780738525
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15

Book Description
San Franciscoas internationally recognized cable cars are the symbol of the individual character of a great city. The California Street cable car line is one of only three remaining lines in the city. The California Street Railway, or Cal Cable, was developed and opened by Leland Stanford, one of the builders of the transcontinental railroad and later founder of Stanford University. Indeed, the iconic line, intimately connected with some of the Westas pioneer businessmen, was sold, expanded, and reached its peak mileage just after 1890, only to be destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of 1906. As resilient as the city it served, Cal Cable was rebuilt and lasted as an independent business longer than any other private San Francisco transit operation. Cut down to its present form in 1954, that remnant and its double-ended cars survive as an integral part of todayas cable car system.

San Francisco's California Street Cable Cars

Author: Walter Rice
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
San Franciscos internationally recognized cable cars are the symbol of the individual character of a great city. The California Street cable car line is one of only three remaining lines in the city. The California Street Railway, or Cal Cable, was developed and opened by Leland Stanford, one of the builders of the transcontinental railroad and later founder of Stanford University. Indeed, the iconic line, intimately connected with some of the Wests pioneer businessmen, was sold, expanded, and reached its peak mileage just after 1890, only to be destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of 1906. As resilient as the city it served, Cal Cable was rebuilt and lasted as an independent business longer than any other private San Francisco transit operation. Cut down to its present form in 1954, that remnant and its double-ended cars survive as an integral part of todays cable car system.

Chicago Cable Cars

Author: Greg Borzo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 161423759X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
When most people hear "cable car" they think "San Francisco." Yet for almost one-quarter of a century Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen, transporting more than one billion riders. This gigantic public work filled residents with pride--and filled robber barons' pockets with money. It also sparked a cable car building boom that spread to twenty-six other U.S. cities. But after twenty-five years, the boom went bust, and Chicago abandoned its cable car system. Today, the fascinating story of the rise and fall of Chicago's cable cars is all but forgotten. Having already written the history of the "L," Greg Borzo guides readers through a stretch of Chicago's transit history that most people never knew existed--even though they have been walking past, riding over and even dining in remnants of it for years. . .

San Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars

Author: Emiliano Echeverria
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738530475
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
San Francisco's cable cars are an internationally recognized symbol of the city, but they also have a long and fractious history. There are actually three cable lines in operation today: the California Street line and the two Powell Street lines-- the Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde. The Powell Street lines have been the subject of much controversy through the years, due to a complex lineage of private and public ownership. Cable cars on Powell Street began in 1888, operating under the Ferries and Cliff House Railway Company and utilizing the same basic design pioneered by Andrew Hallidie in 1873. Among the story's twists and turns are the line's actual routes following the 1906 earthquake, which caused heavy damage and forced major repairs. Post-quake, United Railroads was able to replace many of the cable car lines with streetcars, including a part of the Powell Street system. San Francisco at one time had eight separate cable car operators. Gradually most were replaced by streetcars, buses, and trolley buses, given the complexities and expense of cable systems. The Powell lines were taken over by the city in 1944, but the mayor tried to abandon them in 1947. The public disapproved of this move, and since then the Powell Street line has only grown in stature and its importance to San Francisco.