Chicago Cable Cars
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1609493273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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His books include The Windies' City, The Chicago L"? and Where to Bike Chicago. Chicago native Greg Borzo's published works include articles in Modern Railroad Magazine, Traffic World, The Business World, and Momentum Magazine. Editor and Co-founder of Forgotten Chicago" . Borzo writes independently, speaks publicly and conducts tours abou
"Chicago: largest cable car system" according to Organgrinder1010. Fascinating account of a little-known topic: Chicago once had the largest cable car system in the world. Also, cables in the streets in the Loop ran at a slower speed than those in lesser trafficked areas. Much graft and corruption of course accompanied the building of several systems. The complexity of in-the-street cable vaults and the extravagance of keeping tons of cable in constant motion even when . "Ranked in the "I never knew" column" according to Amazon Customer. First, a disclosure: I know Greg personally. This guy loves Chicago and loves transit. And it really shows in this book. If you have any interest in the history of mass transit, this is a must-read, covering a little-investigated era that came and went faster than the riverboat culture on the Mississippi. If you love Chicago, it's an added bonus. That Greg's writing style is eminently readable doesn't hu. Chicago's forgotten cable cars Richard Audley Cable cars are a rare topic at the best of times, and in the case of Chicago - a city that has always looked to the future rather than its past - soon forgotten by the passage of history. This is an excellent piece of research, supported by useful and extensive maps.
This gigantic public work filled residents with pride--and filled robber barons' pockets with money. When most people hear cable car" they think "San Francisco." Yet for almost one-quarter of a century Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen, transporting more than one billion riders. But after twenty-five years, the boom went bust, and Chicago abandoned its cable car system. Today, the fascinating story of the rise and fall of Chicago's cable cars is all but forgotten. It als
"Borzo's 192-page book contains dozens of historical photos as well as maps of cable-car lines. He delves into the technology of the cable car and the Chicago politics and economics that helped spur both its realization and subsequent demise because of obsolescence and the benefits of the electric trolley, which was a more comfortable and profitable transportation mode." --Chicago Tribune