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A new system was opened in September 2016. Streetcars operated by the Cincinnati Street Railway were the main form of public transportation in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. [2] The first electric streetcars began operation in 1889, [3] and at its maximum, the streetcar system had 222 miles ...
Fields. Electrical engineering. Frank Julian Sprague (July 25, 1857 – October 25, 1934) was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. His contributions were especially important in promoting urban development by increasing the size cities could reasonably attain ...
The Roman Colosseum, completed in 80 AD, had roughly 25 elevators that were used for raising animals up to the floor. Each elevator could carry about 600 pounds (270 kg) (roughly the weight of two lions) 23 feet (7.0 m) up when powered by up to eight men.
1872–1948. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Site of the former Mount Adams Incline, with crumbling piers still visible in center of photo. The Mount Adams Incline was a funicular, or inclined railway, located in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mount Adams. Completed in 1872, it was the longest-running of the ...
At first they offered the service of repairing existing automobiles in the local area. [1] On September 23, 1915, the first C.R. Patterson and Sons automobile was assembled, a two-door coupe. [2] The first cars were sold for $685, with additional reports of the car selling for $850 (or $17,741 to $22,014 adjusted for inflation in 2021). [1] [2] [6]
North America's first streetcar lines opened in 1832 from downtown New York City to Harlem by the New York and Harlem Railroad, in 1834 in New Orleans, and in 1849 in Toronto along the Williams Omnibus Bus Line. These streetcars used horses and sometimes mules. Mules were thought to give more hours per day of useful transit service than horses ...
Alexander Miles was born on May 18, 1838 Pickaway County, Ohio, [1] the son of Michael and Mary Miles. [2] He was African-American.Miles may have resided in the nearby town of Chillicothe, Ohio, [3] but subsequently moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he earned a living as a barber. [4]
Schuyler Skaats Wheeler (May 17, 1860 – April 20, 1923) was an American electrical engineer and manufacturer who invented the electric fan, an electric elevator design, and the electric fire engine. He is associated with the early development of the electric motor industry, especially to do with training the blind in this industry for gainful ...