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Author: Virginia Lee Burton Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547422326 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 52
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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: Virginia Lee Burton Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547422326 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
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: 9780517408780 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 166
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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: Greg Borzo Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 161423759X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 213
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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: 9780804730525 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 484
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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: Herb Caen Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811810548 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 46
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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: Emiliano Echeverria Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738530475 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
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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: Susan Holtzer Publisher: Caddo Gap Press ISBN: 9781880192405 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 120
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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.
Author: Elizabeth Atwood Taylor Publisher: Fawcett Books ISBN: 9780804102810 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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When her wealthy half sister is killed in a cable car "accident," Maggie Elliott, a young widow, teams up with street-wise ex-cop Richard Patrick O'Reagan to search for the murderer
Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Author: Virginia Lee Burton
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