Cable Car Miscellany

by Joe Thompson

• Cable Car Kitsch
• Before Hallidie (and Brooks)
• The Cable Railway Trust
• Non-Grip and Shallow Conduit Systems
• Cable Cars in Literature
  Note: Look for one common image in all the Frank Norris excerpts.
  • "The Ballad of the Hyde Street Grip" by Gellett Burgess
  • Excerpts from Blix by Frank Norris
  • Excerpts from Chapter One of McTeague by Frank Norris
  • Excerpts from The Octopus by Frank Norris
  • Excerpt from The Pit by Frank Norris
  • Excerpts from "South of the Slot" by Jack London
  • Excerpt from Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
• City Miscellanies
  • San Francisco Miscellany
  • Los Angeles Miscellany
  • Oakland Miscellany

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The Cable Railway Trust

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