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Riding the high wire : aerial mine tramways in the West / Robert A. Trennert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trennert, Robert A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aerial tramways--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Aerial tramways.
- Mine haulage--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Mine haulage.
- Mine haulage--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (151 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2001]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Andrew S. Hallidie and the Endless Wire Ropeway 7
- 2. Bleichert's Double-Rope System 29
- 3. Construction and Operation 47
- 4. Great Western Tramways 65
- 5. Decline, Obsolescence, and Preservation 91.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610501106
- 9781280501104
- 1280501103
- 9781457110931
- 1457110938
- 9780870817045
- 0870817043
- OCLC:
- 775301687
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