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  SIDE - Online Information article about SIDE
rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m.
Telpherage.—A telpher ropeway or cableway may be defined as a ropeway or cableway worked and controlled electrically, only a rail rope being required besides the live rail or wire from which the electric current is taken.
Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIDE.html   (5308 words)

  
 Top20LongBeach.com - Your Top20Guide to Long Beach, CA.
Rancho Los Cerritos was bought 1843 by John Temple, a Yankee who had come to California in 1827.
Rail shipping is provided by the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads, which carry about half of the transhipments from the port.
Long Beach has contributed to the Alameda Corridor project to increase the capacity of the rail lines, roads, and highways connecting the port to the Los Angeles rail hub.
top20longbeach.com   (3685 words)

  
 Timeline 1811-1820
Stephens, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1843 to 1859, was a delegate at the Montgomery meeting that formed a new union of the seceded states.
1814 Aug 13, Treaty of London-Netherland was signed to stop the transport of slaves.
This made Congress realize the need for quick transportation and sparked the digging of the Chesapeake-Delaware Canal.
www.timelines.ws /1811_1820.HTML   (15142 words)

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