ines are not per- including stoppages, in about 11 minutes, the distance being mitted, or where the streets are so steep as to preclude the 3,300 feet. The motive power is supplied bya steam engine use of horses, locomotives, or steam traction engines. of 30 horse power. The system consists of an… … DIE'S WIRE ROPE TRACTI arailroad, and kept in position by means of sheaves, upon and beneath which the rope is kept in constant motion du- ring the hours the cars are running, by a stationary engine. The power is transmitted from the motor to the rope by at the lower end closes the jaws over the…
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