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Tramways; Their Construction and Working, Embracing a Comprehensive History of the System with Special Reference to the Tramways of the United Kingdom


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...LONDON'. The Higligate-hill cable tramway was the first cable line constructed in this country. The works were carried out by the Patent Cable Tramways Corporation, under the supervision of Messrs. Eppelsheimer and Colam; and the line was opened in May, 1884. It is nearly mile in length, of double way, constructed to a gauge of feet, between the Archway Tavern, Upper Holloway, and Southwood Lane, near the summit of Highgate-hill. The gradients vary from 1 in 11 to 1 in 15, and the curves from 250 feet to 3,000 feet in radius. The way was laid with steel rails of the Dugdale type, weighing 5 2 pounds per yard. The cable consists of crucible steel wire, in strands closed round a hemp core. It is 3 inches in circumference, or l inch thick, and it weighs about 5 tons complete. It passes round two 8-feet pulleys at the termini, in brick pits. The endless rope is carried on pulleys beneath the track, in a "tube" of concrete, io inches deep, &b inches wide. It is driven by two independent horizontal steam engines, each of 25 nominal horse-power, affording service in duplicate. The speed of the rope is from 5 miles to 6 miles per hour. Edinburgh Northern Cable Tramways. Mr. W. N. Colam, the engineer of the Edinburgh Northern Cable Tramways, describes the two routes of which the tramways are composed--the Trinity route and the Stockbridge route.' Fig. 316. Edinburgh Northern Cable Tramways: Gradient Diagram, Trinity route. The gauge of the ways is 4 feet 8 inches. The two lines start from Princes Street, one in Hanover Street, the other in Frederick Street. The first named, or Trinity route, passes Henderson Row, where the cables branch off to the engine-house. It takes 18 curves, varying in radius from 80 feet to 980 feet, the smallest cur...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235513749
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 234
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235513742
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 426 gr


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