WIRE ROPE TRAMWAYS.
Wire-rope tramways are stated to be quite a distinctive feature now-a days- in San Francisco. An engineer of the name of Hallidie is the patentee. A small tunnel is constructed of iron and wood under the middle of the tramway track, leaving a slit open at the surface. la the tunnel, supported on wheels, runs a wire rope in an endless loop, running down on one track and up on the other, the track being double. The rope passes round a drum from the up track to the down track, and the other end of the loop is carried into the engine-house, where it passes round the other drum, which is caused to revolve by a steam-engine of considerable power. All that is now required is a means of attaching the cars to the rope, and letting it go at pleasure whenever th« car requires to be started cr slopped. This contrivance is callt<d the grip, and is worked by the engineer orythe dummy by means of levers.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 551, 12 July 1881, Page 2
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171WIRE ROPE TRAMWAYS. Temuka Leader, Issue 551, 12 July 1881, Page 2
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