The Cable Car Book

Author : Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547422326
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maybelle the Cable Car written by Virginia Lee Burton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997-03-31 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Charles A. Smallwood
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780517408780
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cable Car Book written by Charles A. Smallwood and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book tells the history of the cable car in the San Francisco area. From the beginnings of the concept by Andrew Hallidie through the cable car companies and their various lines, the history has many illustrations. Appendices. (jvl).

Author : Herb Caen
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811810548
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cable Car and the Dragon written by Herb Caen and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1995-03 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of traveling the same route, a San Francisco cable car takes a different turn and ends up in Chinatown during New Year's celebrations.

Author : Greg Borzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423759X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago Cable Cars written by Greg Borzo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : George Woodman Hilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780804730525
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cable Car in America written by George Woodman Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Emiliano Echeverria
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738530475
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars written by Emiliano Echeverria and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Smith Novelty Company Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781590990766
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clyde the Cable Car written by Smith Novelty Company Staff and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edgar Myron Kahn
Publisher : Friends of San Francisco Public Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cable Car Days in San Francisco written by Edgar Myron Kahn and published by Friends of San Francisco Public Library. This book was released on 1976 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547347979
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Underground written by David Macaulay and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1983-03-23 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated book gives young readers “a breathtaking and entirely original insight” into the complex systems that exist underneath modern cities (Kirkus, starred review). Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay takes readers on a visual journey through a city's various support systems—the many tunnels, pipes, walls, and other structures that help sustain the bustling life above. In Underground, Macaulay exposes a typical section of this intricate underground network and explains how it works. Along with his beautiful illustrations, Macaulay presents “a straightforward yet fascinating description of the labyrinth beneath the feet of any city dweller. And what a complex covered world [he] reveals! He invents an intersection of two streets and proceeds to show what we all might find if we dared to descend through that Alice-in-Wonderland manhole" (The New York Times).

Author : Susan Holtzer
Publisher : Caddo Gap Press
ISBN 13 : 9781880192405
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cable Car Confidential written by Susan Holtzer and published by Caddo Gap Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cable Car Confidential is the hilarious and irreverent account of life as it's reality lived behind the grip of San Francisco's most beloved icon, as told by the men and women who run it.