Boards in near fine condition. 484pp. Illustrated with maps, plan drawings, & many early vintage photos of Cable car equipment & scenes. History of cable traction & individual histories of 62 cable companies in 28 cities. Cartography by James A. Bier. Endpaper map of San Francisco cable car line & Kansas City Cable & Street Railway system. Only in my city, San Francisco, does it still have a working cable car system in the entire United States. As this book is both heavy and oversized there will be an extra charge for priority mail or for shipping outside the United States.

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Title: The Cable Car In America: A New Treatise Upon Cable Or Rope Traction As Applied To The Working Of Street And Other Railways
Publisher: Howell North Books, Berkeley
Publication Date: 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Various(photographs and Illustrations and Maps
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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