Watermusic in the Track
Author | : Mike Phipps |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Cable cars (Streetcars) |
ISBN | : 9780966826005 |
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Author | : Mike Phipps |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Cable cars (Streetcars) |
ISBN | : 9780966826005 |
Author | : Virginia Lee Burton |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1997-03-31 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547422326 |
Maybelle was a cable car a San Francisco cable car. . . She rang her gong and sang her song from early morn till late at night. . . . By recounting the actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. Virginia Lee Burton's original art for Maybelle the Cable Car was retrieved from the archives of the San Francisco Public Library to re-create this edition with all the vibrant charm of the original, which was published in 1952.
Author | : Emiliano Echeverria |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738530475 |
San Francisco's cable cars are an internationally recognized symbol of the city, but they also have a long and fractious history. There are actually three cable lines in operation today: the California Street line and the two Powell Street lines-- the Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde. The Powell Street lines have been the subject of much controversy through the years, due to a complex lineage of private and public ownership. Cable cars on Powell Street began in 1888, operating under the Ferries and Cliff House Railway Company and utilizing the same basic design pioneered by Andrew Hallidie in 1873. Among the story's twists and turns are the line's actual routes following the 1906 earthquake, which caused heavy damage and forced major repairs. Post-quake, United Railroads was able to replace many of the cable car lines with streetcars, including a part of the Powell Street system. San Francisco at one time had eight separate cable car operators. Gradually most were replaced by streetcars, buses, and trolley buses, given the complexities and expense of cable systems. The Powell lines were taken over by the city in 1944, but the mayor tried to abandon them in 1947. The public disapproved of this move, and since then the Powell Street line has only grown in stature and its importance to San Francisco.
Author | : Walter Rice |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738559636 |
San Franciscos internationally recognized cable cars are the symbol of the individual character of a great city. The California Street cable car line is one of only three remaining lines in the city. The California Street Railway, or Cal Cable, was developed and opened by Leland Stanford, one of the builders of the transcontinental railroad and later founder of Stanford University. Indeed, the iconic line, intimately connected with some of the Wests pioneer businessmen, was sold, expanded, and reached its peak mileage just after 1890, only to be destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of 1906. As resilient as the city it served, Cal Cable was rebuilt and lasted as an independent business longer than any other private San Francisco transit operation. Cut down to its present form in 1954, that remnant and its double-ended cars survive as an integral part of todays cable car system.
Author | : Julie Murray |
Publisher | : Abdo Zoom-Dash |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2021-12-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781098226756 |
Readers will learn interesting and historical facts about the San Francisco Cable Cars, like when they began operation and how they are used today. This series is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Author | : George Woodman Hilton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780804730525 |
The book is a treatise on passenger transport using wire rope traction for carriers operating on rail, popularly cable cars or street railways. The system is described. There are extensive photographs and drawings of components, particularly, carriers, grips, brakes, stationary drives, and the haulage ropes. System design, construction, operation and maintenance are covered in detail along with the powerhouses and drive machinery. Cable car economics is covered for principal cities in America. Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bibliography. (CFD).
Author | : Greg Borzo |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2012-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 161423759X |
When most people hear "cable car" they think "San Francisco." Yet for almost one-quarter of a century Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen, transporting more than one billion riders. This gigantic public work filled residents with pride--and filled robber barons' pockets with money. It also sparked a cable car building boom that spread to twenty-six other U.S. cities. But after twenty-five years, the boom went bust, and Chicago abandoned its cable car system. Today, the fascinating story of the rise and fall of Chicago's cable cars is all but forgotten. Having already written the history of the "L," Greg Borzo guides readers through a stretch of Chicago's transit history that most people never knew existed--even though they have been walking past, riding over and even dining in remnants of it for years. . .
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 1970* |
Genre | : Railroads, Cable |
ISBN | : |
Brief history of the cable car system in San Francisco, how the mechanisms work, construction of the cars, and route map.
Author | : Don M. Winn |
Publisher | : Cardboard Box Adventures |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781937615352 |
Kaye's father is in danger! The young Knight, Kaye, and his friends Reggie, and Beau enter Eldridge in search of the only man who can save his father. During their journey, they encounter and make a powerful enemy of Baron Thomas--the self-proclaimed heir to the throne of Eldridge--who also has his sights set on ruling the country of Knox. Together, the boys dodge the baron's henchmen and race against time to stop an assassination that would plunge the two kingdoms into war in this exciting conclusion to the series.
Author | : Mike Palmer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Cable cars (Streetcars) |
ISBN | : |