Author: Trenton Iron Co
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Category : Railroads, Cable
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Detailed description of the company's two distinct systems of aerial transport: Bleichert and Acme. Includes drawings and photographs. (lg).
Wire Rope Transportation in All Its Branches
Author: Trenton Iron Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads, Cable
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Detailed description of the company's two distinct systems of aerial transport: Bleichert and Acme. Includes drawings and photographs. (lg).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads, Cable
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Detailed description of the company's two distinct systems of aerial transport: Bleichert and Acme. Includes drawings and photographs. (lg).
Riding the High Wire
Author: Robert A. Trennert
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0870817043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs such as Andrew S. Hallidie and Charles Huson to begin erecting single-rope tramways in the 1870s and 1880s. Their inventions were followed by the more substantial double-rope systems imported from Europe. By the turn of the century, aerial tramways were common throughout western mining regions, hauling everything from gold and silver ore to coal and salt and changing the face of the industry. Aerial mine tramways proved to have a special fascination; people often rode them for a thrill, sometimes with disastrous results. They were also very temperamental, needed constant attention, and were prone to accidents. The years between 1900 and 1920 saw the operation of some of the west's most spectacular tramways, but the decline in high-country mining beginning in the 1920s--coupled with the development of more efficient means of transportation--made this technology all but obsolete by the end of the Second World War. Historians and the general reader will be equally enthralled by Trennert's fascinating story of the rise and fall of aerial mine tramways. "Professor Trennert has explored a new area of mining history, and is to be commended for his pioneering work." --Liston Leyendecker, author of The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0870817043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs such as Andrew S. Hallidie and Charles Huson to begin erecting single-rope tramways in the 1870s and 1880s. Their inventions were followed by the more substantial double-rope systems imported from Europe. By the turn of the century, aerial tramways were common throughout western mining regions, hauling everything from gold and silver ore to coal and salt and changing the face of the industry. Aerial mine tramways proved to have a special fascination; people often rode them for a thrill, sometimes with disastrous results. They were also very temperamental, needed constant attention, and were prone to accidents. The years between 1900 and 1920 saw the operation of some of the west's most spectacular tramways, but the decline in high-country mining beginning in the 1920s--coupled with the development of more efficient means of transportation--made this technology all but obsolete by the end of the Second World War. Historians and the general reader will be equally enthralled by Trennert's fascinating story of the rise and fall of aerial mine tramways. "Professor Trennert has explored a new area of mining history, and is to be commended for his pioneering work." --Liston Leyendecker, author of The Griffith Family and the Founding of Georgetown.
Mines and Minerals
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
American Railroad Journal
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
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Publisher:
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
Book Description
American Engineer and Railroad Journal
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Stone
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Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Vols. for 1887-1946 include the preprint pages of the institute's Transactions.
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Vols. for 1887-1946 include the preprint pages of the institute's Transactions.
Stone; an Illustrated Magazine
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Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description