2007-06-29 08:55:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
The first successful cable-operated street railway (known as a 'cable car') was the Clay Street Hill Railroad, San Francisco, which opened in August, 1873.
The oldest funicular railway (cable operated inclined plane) were the three inclined planes on the Tyrone Canal in County Tyrone, Ireland, that was in use as early as 1777.
The first passenger carrying funicular (or cable car) railway in the world, operated by a steam engine and inaugurated in 1862, ran between Rue Terme and Croix Rousse in Lyon, France.
The original aerial tramway (often called a 'cable car'), was called a telpherage and was invented by Scottish engineer Fleeming Jenkin in 1882.
2007-06-29 10:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-29 08:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by lost buddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-29 09:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by therandomizer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋