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Re: Cable tram safety

Subject: Re: Cable tram safety
From: "Trevor Edmonds" <tedmonds@tmx.com.au>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:25:51 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: The Message eXchange Pty Ltd
References: <366d1127.0@news.camtech.net.au> <366e50bd.12273848@news.tuwien.ac.at> <366f52aa.0@news.camtech.net.au>

David Martin wrote...

<<I don't know how wide the slot in the road (for the cable) needs to be>>

According to "A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction" (Smith & Hilton,
1887), a typical slot was 7/8".

Trevor

References:
- Lisbon Trams - Some are cable
  - From: "David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>
- Re: Lisbon Trams - Some are cable
  - From: wauer@qspr03.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang Auer)
- Cable tram safety
  - From: "David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>

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