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"CABLE CARS" is a plural of: cable car. |
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Machinery driving the San Francisco cable car.(for 'cable car' systems where the vehicles are suspended and not on rails, see aerial tramway)
A cable car on rails is a tram-like vehicle on rails for public transport which is pulled by a cable. A cable car on rails differs from other rail transport modes in that the motive power is in fixed engine that pulls the cable, and thus falls in the category of cable transport. The vehicle itself is usually unpowered. It is thus very similar to a funicular. However single cables may go up one hill and down another. The cable car grips the cable using a grip (a very large pliers). The car is stopped by letting the grip detach from the cable, and then applying brakes.
In San Francisco, California at four o'clock in the morning on August 2, 1873, Andrew Smith Hallidie successfully tested the world's first cable car.
An underground loop of steel cable runs continuously. The vehicles on rail use a gripping device to attach to and detach from the moving cable. Such system is quite effective for the steep streets on the hills of San Francisco. The cable cars are still in operation and represent a world famous tourist attraction.
In Hong Kong, the peak tram is a cable car system that runs on rail between the central district and Victoria Peak. It is a commuter transport system as well as a tourist attraction. At various points along the path, the cars run at an angle over 30 degree. Few self-powered vehicles can climb such steep incline if not pulled by a cable. For more, see Victoria Peak. Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA is a similar cable car system.
Cities that have had cable cars include
Australia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Sydney, Australia
China
- Hong Kong
New Zealand
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
United Kingdom
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Liverpool, England
- London, England
United States
See also:
- San Francisco, California
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Portland, Oregon
- Los Angeles, California
- Oakland, California
- San Diego, California
- Chicago, Illinois
- Hoboken, New Jersey
- Newark, New Jersey
- Binghamton, New York
- Brooklyn, New York)
- Seattle, Washington
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Funicular railway
External links
- http://www.cablecarmuseum.com
- http://www.cable-car-guy.com
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cable car on rails."
Synonym: CABLE CARSSynonym: Cable railroads. (additional references) |
Crosswords: CABLE CARS |
| Specialty definitions using "CABLE CARS": CARPENTER, RAILCAR. (references) |
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Lyrics | To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"; performing artist: Tony Bennett) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cable cars on California Street, San Francisco, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Ecuador | Track type tractors, cable cars for pipeline installation, motor graders, rollers, tandem rollers, pneumatic rollers, finishers, road reclaimers and dump trucks are considered best prospect products in this sector. (references) |
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"CABLE CARS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cablecars. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: berascal, cascabel, cascable. | |
-2 letters: arables, calcars, carcase, carcels, scalare. | |
-3 letters: abaser, arable, arecas, baccae, balers, blares, blears, braces, cabals, cabers, cables, caecal, caesar, calcar, calces, calesa, carcel, carles, clears, craals, lacers, lascar, rascal, sacral, scalar, scaler, scarab, scarce, sclera. | |
-4 letters: abase, abler, ables, acerb, acres, albas, alecs, areal, areas, areca, arles, baals, bacca, balas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-l-r-s" | |
+4 letters: cocarboxylase, microbalances. | |
+5 letters: baccalaureates, campylobacters, cocarboxylases. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 42 4C 45 43 41 52 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010010 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A B L E   C A R S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 0042 004C 0045 0043 0041 0052 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3735364639237355253 |
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