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English: Illustration of the Cordillero Slide (designed by Clark Ball, of New York), showing towers, steel cables, cars and room for concessions

Identifier: streetrailwayj251905newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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electric lamps, and bearstlie name in electric letters, Cordillero Slide. Be-tween the two towers are slung cables, from whichare suspended cars for the transportation of the pub-lic, the descending grade of the cables being sufficientto allow the cars to descend entirely by gravity. In-side the towers are set tracks on which the car travelsafter leaving the cables. The track is arranged sothat when a car enters the tower it turns in a largecircle and comes out to descend to the other tower.From the base of the lower tower the cars are drawnto the top of the higher one by a cableway controlledby electricity, machinery for the same being located in the baseof the lower tower. The towers are in turn anchored by havingone or two cables securely anchored. The cars are to have a light steel frame, covered with wickerwork or wire meshing, sufficient for the occupants to seethrough, but at the same time preventing them from puttingtheir heads or arms outside. The center part is to be raised
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THE CORDILLERO SLIDE, SHOWING TOWERS, STEEL CABLES. CARS AND ROOM FOR CONCESSIONS He hits the ball a clean, hard hit, to the infield (marked i onthe target). A disc (representing the runner) on the dial runsto first base and stops. On his second strike the player mayland the ball in the outfield (marked 2 on the target). Thissends the first runner to the third base and the second runnerto the second base. The players third strike, we will say, re-suits in landing one against the fence (marked 3 on the target). sufificiently for the guard in charge of the car to see over theheads of the people in front. There is a device for grippingthe cable to be drawn to the top of the car, and a brake for usein stopping at any dangerous speeds and at the starting andstopping points. There is little room on the ground floor of the smaller towerfor concessions, it being the starting and stopping place, and A.PRIL 8, 1905.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 679 where all the machinery is located. The available

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