Paper by Mr. Robert Gillham before the Engineering Congress of the Columbian Exposition describing a series of experiments made in Kansas City, Cleveland, Denver and Chicago, to determine the efficiency of the several methods of transmitting power on cable railways under varying conditions of traffic and weather. (See also Eng. News, Aug. 17, 1893, pp. 129-30)


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    Title :

    Transmission of power in operating cable railways


    Additional title:

    St Ry Jour


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    Publication date :

    1893


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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