Riding the High Wire : Aerial Mine Tramways in the West /

Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trennert, Robert A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mine haulage.
Aerial tramways.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.
Aerial tramways > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Aerial tramways > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Mine haulage > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Mine haulage > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
West United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth century development of wire rope manufacturing made it possible for American entrepreneurs such as Andrew S. Hallidie and Charles Huson to begin erecting single-rope tramways in the 1870s and 1880s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9780870817045

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