Cable Railway Cable TubeHere's an
excellent
picture from
the June 7,
1884 issue of
SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN,
illustrating
how the cable
railway cable
is carried in a
protective tube
yet can still
be gripped by
the Grip.
[Click on... Read MoreThe Great Sea Serpent of the Garden of AcclimatationFrom the
December 22,
1900 issue of
the SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN
SUPPLEMENT,
reprinted from
La
Nature."Ophion,
" designed by
Walter Stenning
and
manufactured in
Paris, seems
more like a
ride from a
theme pa... Read MoreFarmers Delivering Milk to a Trolley Car (1901)Somewhere in
the middle of
nowhere,
farmers bring
milk to a
platform where
a trolley car
picks it up and
ships it off to
customers
(processors,
creameries) in
a nearby town.
In 1901 the
farmer's life ... Read MoreUnion Traction of Indiana Manager's Car "Martha" in 1901From an article
in SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN for
July 26, 1901,
found by eBay
seller
ohiopeddler and
Photoshopped by
Mike:
Follow this
link for a good
rundown on
Indiana's
interurban
railroads.
... Read More