The Cable Car in America

by George Hilton

Book Overview

Enriched with almost 700 illustrations, this book has long been the definitive study of the American cable car, a widely touted form of urban transportation that operated in 29 cities across the United states. This once-promising technology proved inefficient, however, and cable cars were soon replaced by electric trolley cars. Today, they are only to be found as a tourist attraction traversing the steep hill of San Francisco.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804730520
• ISBN13: 9780804730525
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"