fused to let go the cable, and in opposite directions at intervals of about 15 to 30 ing engines, 85 Liberty Street, New York. The drum seconds, giving just time for teams and foot passengers the train could not be stopped. This cable runs at is driven by means of a V friction on its end, and the… … kind for the electric welding pro- BACON'S DOUBLE CYLINDER HOISTING ENGINE, of an hour or an hour and a half, cess. A big crane of special con- while a broken or stranded cable struction extends through the open may cause a delay of from four to six hours. If such the gripman to stop the train, it…
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