Henry and Hora's modern electricity; a practical working encyclopedia (1915)
Henry, James. [from old catalog], Hora, Karel Jan, 1881- [from old catalog] joint author · Chicago, Laird & Lee, inc. · leaf 203
used to some extent on ele-vated roads, in long tunnels, and in many other cases where thesmoke of ordinary steam engines is objectionable, or wheregreat power is required and water power is to be had cheaply.Notable examples are the elevated railroads of New York andBerlin, the tunnels under the… … the ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 201 Several firms have built electric locomotives capable ofpulling a heavy passenger train over 100 miles an hour, butunder present conditions, this speed would involve too great adanger on surface lines, while an elevated track would have tobe constructed of solid…
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