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The American cable car once operated in 29 cities across the United States. However, the once-promising technology proved inefficient, 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. This text presents the history of this mode of urban transportation, from invention through development and demise.
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“No one before or since attempted such a complete history of the cable railway. It ranks very high in the area of U.S. transit history.” —John D. White, Curator Emeritus of Transportation History, Smithsonian Institution
“There was nothing comparable before this book’s appearance, and there has been nothing since.” —Robert M. Vogel, National Museum of American History
About the Author:
“There was nothing comparable before this book’s appearance, and there has been nothing since.” —Robert M. Vogel, National Museum of American History
George W. Hilton is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of several books on U.S. transportation history.
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- PublisherStanford University Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0804730512
- ISBN 13 9780804730518
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages484
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THE CABLE CAR IN AMERICA, A New Treatise upon Cable or Rope Traction as Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways.
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The cable car in America. A new treatise upon cable or rope traction as applied to the working of street and other railways.
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