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Cable Railways of Chicago ERHS Bulletin #10 by George Hilton
Cable Railways of Chicago ERHS Bulletin #10 by George Hilton
Electric Railway Historical Society
Soft cover
Approx. 43 pages
Copyright 1954
COVER PHOTO: Wabash Avenue about 1890 before the construction of the Elevated. Looking north past Madison Street at part of the original joint State-Wabashloop. It was from these cable car loops that the "Loop" got its name, not from the Elevated loop built several years later, as is commonly assumed. Photo courtesy John J. Brown.
The Chicago City Railway notices are from the collection of Barney Neuberger. The two West Chicago grip car drawings are contributed by the Chicago Transit Authority.
The photo of snow plow 4 in Bulletin 8 ( The Hammond Whiting and East Chicago Railway) is erroneously credited. It was taken by Donald N. Idarius.
The Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad is the subject of a pictorial history issued by the Washington Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., Post Office Box 814, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington 4, D.C. Neatly printed in 8-1/2 x 11 size on slick paper, it is eight pages with 10 very rare photos of the rolling stock. The WB&A ceased operation in 1935. Complete with a brief history and map. Thirty-five cents each, or three for $1.00.
COVER PHOTO: Wabash Avenue about 1890 before the construction of the Elevated. Looking north past Madison Street at part of the original joint State-Wabashloop. It was from these cable car loops that the "Loop" got its name, not from the Elevated loop built several years later, as is commonly assumed. Photo courtesy John J. Brown.
FOREWORD
When the eminent mountain climber George Leigh Mallory was asked why he had spent years in an effort to climb Mount Everest, he made the classic reply "Because it is there." Similarly, I should justify this study on the ground that the cable system isn't there. But it once was, and I feel that it should be described in as much detail as possible before it fades entirely from the memories of those living. I have endeavored to restrict myself to a description of the physical properties of the cable system, a chronicle of its development and demise, and a discussion of the economics of the rival forms of transit during the emergence of the electric car. I have endeavored to avoid any prolonged excursion into the nature of life in Chicago during the cable era or any detailed history of the three companies involved.
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