Detailed contemporary account of endless cable-worked tramways, San Francisco's trams being the best known example and this system is heavy exemplified in this work. xii+195pp, with adverts at rear. All plates complete and undamaged including the fold-outs. Old Reference library labels to front paste-down and a few small stamps to title page and verso. Contents otherwise very clean, one gathering of pages slightly pulled. Original cloth boards worn on corners and rubbed on spine. Very Rare.

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Title

A Treatsie upon Cable or Rope Traction as applied to the working of Street and other Railways

Publisher

Engineering Offices

Publication Date

1887

Language

English

Binding

Cloth

Edition

1st

Condition

Good+

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