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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 646

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pro-ceedings did nt inter-est him at all. Noth-ing daunted by ill-luck,Sprague at once took on a street-railway job, and soon had someminor work done neatly. His great opportunity came at Richmond,Virginia. The contract taken there wouldhave been staggering to any but a sanguineinventor willing to… … From The Electric Kail by Frank J. Sprague, in The Century Magazine, August, 1905 A DERAILED ELECTRIC CAR—A FREQUENT INCIDENT OF THEEARLY DAYS IN RICHMOND cars with eighty motors (one on each car-axle), and all the needed controllers andappurtenances. This was nearly as manymotors as were then…

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