The Cable Car in America
, by Hilton, George W.- ISBN: 9780804730525 | 0804730520
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/1/1997
Enriched with almost 700 illustrations, this book has long been the definitive study of the American cable car, a widely touted form of urban transportation that operated in 29 cities across the United States. This once-promising technology proved inefficient, however, and cable cars were soon replaced by electric trolley cars. Today, they are only to be found as a tourist attraction traversing the steep hills of San Francisco.