| 单词 | tramway |
| 例句 | It was a lovely day and we drove out through the park and out along the tramway and out of town where the road was dusty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The series of paintings also feature images of tram workers, reflecting the tramway which once terminated in the area. Art celebrates Sandy Row history 2012-08-14T11:31:47Z Among other things, they commissioned and own the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a cantilevered glass-floored platform on the south rim, and have considered reviving an old mining tramway to deliver tourists to the river. The Grand Canyon Needs to Be Saved By Every Generation 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z He championed Vélib’, expanded electric tramways and recently extended Métro hours to 2 a.m. on weekends to discourage car use. Journeys: Eco-Paris 2011-04-08T18:55:00Z The tramway would also “create a unique, first-class educational experience”, the studio said. Warner Bros proposes $100m aerial tramway to Hollywood sign 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z A few blocks away is the emblematic Avenue Foch, a street the children grow to love because of the sleek tramway that glides down a grassy median. ‘Once visitors arrive, it’s easy to seduce them’: Le Havre celebrates its 500th year 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Note the moment during a strenuous tramway shootout when Six uses the reflection in a mirrored building to defeat a goon — it’s a clever detail in a film careening full speed ahead. ‘The Gray Man’ Review: Guy vs. Guy 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The series of paintings also features images of tram workers, reflecting the tramway which once terminated in the area. Art celebrates Sandy Row history 2012-08-14T11:31:47Z In one of his first jokes ever, he discusses the building of the Roosevelt Island tramway in the late 1970s, marveling that New York was building a ride after nearly going bankrupt. Meet a Looser, More Personal Seinfeld 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z And it’s all more accessible following the opening of the first line of the city’s new tramway system last month. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z The tramway is one of a number of proposed solutions to parking and footfall problems near the sign. Warner Bros proposes $100m aerial tramway to Hollywood sign 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z A tramway cuts through the underbrush to Corcovado, the verdant peak that would soon be topped by the statue of Christ the Redeemer. How Latin America Was Built, Before Modernism Came Along 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “They break streetlamps, burn tramways, ransack shops, and knock off the hats of passersby while screaming in favor of this or against that.” My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Warner Bros movie studio on Tuesday announced details of a proposal to build a tramway from its Burbank film lot up the steep sides of Mount Lee to the sign. Tramway to the stars? Studio proposes skyway to Hollywood sign 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Once, while exploring a flooded Victorian mineshaft with an underwater drone, Ioan discovered an entire tramway of intact rail carts and equipment, seemingly abandoned overnight, more than a century ago. Wales’ Indiana Jones searching for lost mines in hills 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Edinburgh Trams Ltd, which operates the tramway on behalf of City of Edinburgh Council, admitted a health and safety breach on Thursday. Trams firm fined £240,000 over pedestrian death 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z A tramway line promised after the 2005 riots was not inaugurated until 2019, and even with the tram, commuting to central Paris, only a dozen miles away, takes an hour and a half. This Paris Suburb Burned Before. Has Anything Changed? 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Vehicles were set on fire in Toulouse and a tramway train was torched in a suburb of Lyon, police said. Fiery protests grip France for 3rd night over deadly police shooting of a teenager 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z All sorts of items surfaced: metal parts from the tramway, a rusted butter knife, old Soviet coins. For Kyiv's residents, tunnels are both shelter and source of adventure 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z His father, Jean, a veteran of World War I, led a team in charge of upkeep of the local tramway and made extra money delivering telegrams. Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Officials consider closing the tramway when winds surpass 60 miles per hour, said a spokeswoman, Madison Morgan. California Prepares for Storm That Could Bring Beauty and Chaos 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In Brussels, the capital city hosting most of the European Union institutions, only one metro line was in service, with buses and tramways also disrupted. Belgian strike over cost of living hits traffic, companies 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Citing extended cleanup efforts, officials said the tramway is scheduled to reopen next Monday. Flash flood closes Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for a week as monsoon slams California deserts 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z An iconic cliff tramway has reopened after maintenance problems and the pandemic closed it for two years. Saltburn's funicular tramway reopens after two years 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “They hit, hit and hit him, but he never defended himself,” Mr. Cohen said of his son, adding that, for him, “the tramway was the result of everything that happened before.” Jewish Man’s Death Near Paris Fuels Outrage on Election Eve 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Other cities around the world, like Taipei, Taiwan, and London, have touted their tramways as tourist attractions. Group seeks to halt Dodger Stadium gondola, calling it a 'sweetheart deal' 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z A California man survived a 75-foot fall from a mountainous area at the top of a tramway system with only minor injuries, according to a report. California man survives 75-foot fall from mountain tramway area, officials say 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The mudflows temporarily stranded more than 200 people on the tramway, the weather service said. Flash flood closes Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for a week as monsoon slams California deserts 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The man who was rescued was accompanied by another person, and the two guests rode the tramway back down to the base, Purdy said. Man survives 75-foot plunge at Palm Springs Aerial Tramway 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Koren, who is also the undersheriff for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, said members of the sheriff’s office, along with other local officials, had trained with the tramway operator for just such a situation. 21 People Rescued After a Freezing Night Stranded in Aerial Tram Cars 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z “Scientifically, economically, environmentally, there is no reason to convert the tramways for buses,” said Debasish Bhattacharyya, president of the Calcutta Tram Users’ Association. Kolkata’s ‘Fairy Tale’ Trams, Once Essential, Are Now a Neglected Relic 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The man and a guest he was with left via the tramway, officials said. California man survives 75-foot fall from mountain tramway area, officials say 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z He also pledged financial support for four new tramway lines to link the northern suburbs to the renovated Old Port in the city's south, and turn Marseille into a major movie production centre. Macron proposes investing billions of euros in Marseille ahead of likely re-election bid 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Previous would-be developers envisioned a giant tramway that could carry 10,000 tourists a day down to the river and back. Opinion | The Little Colorado River canyon can survive only if we leave it alone 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z And at least they could communicate with the tramway system workers through a speaker on the car. 21 People Rescued After a Freezing Night Stranded in Aerial Tram Cars 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z “That includes all public spaces, that includes lift lines, and that includes being inside the aerial tramway as well.” Largest Alaska ski resort to operate with changes for virus 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z The tramway opened in 1963, offering spectacular views of the Southern California mountains and desert. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway reopens after virus shutdown 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z In Palm Springs, the landmark aerial tramway closed indefinitely. Public life slows to a near halt as California hunkers down in the face of coronavirus 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z He was one of first casualties to be taken down the mountain on a 1,700-foot tramway installed by an advance party of engineers. Montana, Idaho 10th Mountain Division chapter closing down 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Almost home, she thought as she felt the tramway system, which shuttles people to the restaurant 10,300 feet above sea level, start to move. 21 People Rescued After a Freezing Night Stranded in Aerial Tram Cars 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z To spur development on Roosevelt Island, a commuter tramway was built in 1976 to connect the island with the Upper East Side of Manhattan; it is a roughly four-minute trip. Available: A 415-Acre Island With Manhattan Views. What to Build? 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Muscling the trams onto barges docked at the tramway’s foot was only the first stage of a complicated, gargantuan journey. A suburban Eastside gully emerges as the elusive 1874 coal tramway 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z A pregnant cousin of Vera Novikova, who is now a tramway dispatcher, was hanged, and witnesses, the children, were forbidden to cry or they would be shot. Review | Horrors of World War II, through children’s eyes 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The plan will call for expanding existing or planned subway and light-rail lines plus new tramways in the Montreal and Quebec City areas, as well as the electrification of bus lines. Quebec provincial leader aims to boost use of hydroelectric power 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Twenty people were in one car, and one person was in another — 19 employees of Ten 3 and two employees of the tramway system — who were headed home to celebrate 2022. 21 People Rescued After a Freezing Night Stranded in Aerial Tram Cars 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z There’s the conductor on the tramway who deliberately checks only the tickets of the black passengers. I live among the neo-Nazis in eastern Germany. And it’s terrifying | Anonymous 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Although this history was thoroughly documented, one nagging question persisted: Exactly where was that first inclined tramway? A suburban Eastside gully emerges as the elusive 1874 coal tramway 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z A cable-operated tramway system may be the best answer to improving the airport’s traffic circulation, said County Supervisor Ron Roberts. Airport skyway could provide connection to downtown San Diego, study says - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z The tramway was built originally to carry engineers and maintenance workers to the television transmitters perched atop 5,600-foot Ranger Peak. El Paso’s landmark Ranger Peak aerial tram closed to public 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Then, near the second tower of the tramway, the cars stopped. 21 People Rescued After a Freezing Night Stranded in Aerial Tram Cars 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Edinburgh's new tramway was opened in May 2014 after numerous delays. Man dies after being hit by Edinburgh tram 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Happily, earlier this summer, numbers geek Nate Silver noted that the aerial tramway had been the least-popular emoji for a heartbreaking 75 days, and launched a Twitter campaign to restore its dignity. The least-used and loneliest emojis on Twitter - Golf Digest 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z For a long time the "aerial tramway" - a cable car symbol - held that dubious honour. These are the least popular emojis 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The tramway is offering a commemorative coin to the first 500 guests on Friday. Cannon Mountain tramway celebrates 80th anniversary 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z New York City should seriously consider tramways as an effective means of transporting people. Is Mayor de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Dead? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Earlier this month two were arrested while preparing a report on Alexandria’s historic tramway. Ahead of a farcical election, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi goes after the press 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z If we’re going to do that, we might as well revive “aerial tramway” and kill two birds with one stone. The least-used and loneliest emojis on Twitter - Golf Digest 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The Reno Gazette-Journal reports batteries produced by the company known for making luxury electric cars are planned to be installed near the top of the Gold Coast aerial tramway at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort. Olympic Valley plans system powered by Tesla batteries 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z These include the creation of a dedicated safety body for UK tramways, a better understanding of risk of trams and the introduction of stronger windows and doors on trams. Tram crash driver 'may have dozed off' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z It was very costly to build a tramway over a mile long, and the cable reportedly broke several times. The Motley Fool: Useful tips on investing 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s famous for its aerial tramway which crosses the East River, connecting it with Manhattan. NYC’s Roosevelt Island to get boutique Graduate hotel 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z It will resume operating on Tuesday, under an agreement with the tramway board which required that the electrical system to the lift be disconnected, and a diesel-powered drive be used instead. Malfunctioning Colorado ski lift caused woman's fatal fall: report 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z “As for outdoor pollution, African economies would be well advised to learn from the experience of industrialised countries, for example by developing mass public transportation systems – like Rabat or Addis-Ababa are doing with their tramways.” Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z A century ago, a tramway ran down the street outside the mayor's office. Smack in the suburbs - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The logic was obvious: Poroshenko’s party would gain credibility from the involvement of three well-known young reformers—and, in return, they would ride what Leshchenko called Poroshenko’s political “tramway” into parliament. Reforming Ukraine After the Revolutions 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z An awe-inspiring aerial tramway connects the densely populated hillsides, their maze of passageways a testament to resilience and ingenuity in the face of hardship. Brazil Bureau Chief’s Notebook: When the Olympics Media Circus Comes to Town 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Operators must also run the lift slowly at first to ensure it is functioning properly, and inspect it five times daily, the tramway board said. Malfunctioning Colorado ski lift caused woman's fatal fall: report 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z As the violence subsided, the authorities constructed a stunning aerial tramway network, connecting Alemão’s densely populated hillsides. In the Shadow of Olympic Joy, a Struggle to Simply Survive 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z In a city that has everything, it can be easy to overlook the tramway’s gondolas bobbing alongside the Queensboro Bridge. New York Today: Toasting Our Tramway 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The port area now hosts new museums and public spaces; next month a tramway will open there. An Olympic oasis 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z He built airports, highways and the pride of La Paz, an Austrian-built aerial tramway system. Bolivian voters have informed President Evo Morales that they want his current term to be his last, narrowly rejecting a constitutional amendment that would have let him run again in 2019 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Crews evacuated the passengers, lowering them with rope from the tramway. Cannon Mountain Tramway still closed due to repair work 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The gun battles halted the iconic tramway in Alemão yet again this week, stranding people on their way to work. In the Shadow of Olympic Joy, a Struggle to Simply Survive 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But when it opened it was the only mass-transportation aerial tramway in the nation. New York Today: Toasting Our Tramway 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Many drivers are expected to gather in front of the finance ministry later on Tuesday, while the Toulouse tramway is also expected to be a target. French taxi drivers block roads in Uber protest 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z That little tramway lets the JB run back and forth on the tramway, based on a timed schedule that can be programmed into the track. Alabama man puts replica of Deadwood railway in his backyard 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z No estimate was given on when the tramway would be working again. Cannon Mountain Tramway still closed due to repair work 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Police say that after the cousins stabbed the two Israelis, they ran toward Jerusalem’s tramway. Netanyahu calls Palestinian leader a liar after claims of teen’s execution 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Roosevelt Island, nicknamed Manhattan’s Other Island, became so flooded with visitors that the tramway imposed a passenger limit because of complaints. New York Today: Toasting Our Tramway 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The tramway — frequently pelted by Palestinian rock-throwers — connects Israel’s West Jerusalem with occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli bubble maker that employed Scarlett Johansson is closing a factory 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z “There is also a little tramway between the Ellison and the stamp mill, replicating the JB Hagen that used to pull ore cars back and forth on the high line,” Roesler said. Alabama man puts replica of Deadwood railway in his backyard 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It offers a grand view of Shyambazar's five-point crossing with tramways, initially horse-drawn, then replaced by an electrified system in the early 1900s, which still runs - or crawls - today. The fight to save Kolkata's heritage homes - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Other tramways elsewhere in the zone will be grassed over too, according to the plan. Bulgaria: Sofia goes green with grass tram lines - BBC News 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z These and tramways brought people, commuting on a daily basis, within cities to different areas of the city for their jobs and schools. Railways and Mass Transit Move People and Goods, 1915 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z New attractions include a zip line that travels 2,400 feet across the Royal Gorge, an aerial tramway and a roller coaster. Royal Gorge Bridge & Park to reopen 2 years after wildfire 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z All kind of passenger trains are produced here, underground metro, Intercity trains, tramways and of course the bullet train. CNR: Inside The Bullet Train's Dragon Den 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Getting there means following a gentle uphill grade that follows a historic horse tramway once used to access a mining claim in the area. A winter’s night at a cabin in Southeast Alaska 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z A tramway travels around a street of the Warsaw Jewish ghetto, displaying a star of David in the 1940s. Poland's Jewish Culture Rises From the Ashes of Persecution Supporters credit Morales with bringing Bolivia into the 21st century through public projects such as the launching of its first satellite and the opening of an Austrian-built aerial tramway system in the hilly capital. Bolivian leader begins new term with economic clouds forming 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z In the past month in Jerusalem, Palestinian drivers in two separate hit-and-run attacks intentionally plowed their cars into crowded tramway stations, killing four people. Knife attacks on Israelis add to unease; 2 killed in separate assaults A tramway pier opened alongside on 29 August 1864, with trams initially pulled by horses - before the advent of electric traction. Oldest pier celebrates 200 years 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The busy stretch of Sunset Boulevard we were walking along had once been a major tramway with another, Silverlake Boulevard, crossing overhead. Exploring LA's forgotten stairways 2013-08-19T00:02:14Z It once carried a tramway over Kymer's Canal, which moved coal and limestone. Historic bridge survey after floods 2013-04-20T09:14:18Z Glasgow was a great tramway city and was the last in the UK to survive, apart from the Blackpool coastal tramway. Glasgow 'a city that loved trams' 2012-09-04T10:51:44Z The new, higher fines will also apply to cars left on zebra crossings, tramway lanes and the entrances to apartment blocks. Russians bemused as parking fines shoot up 2012-07-01T16:37:21Z The flame will be carried on the Blackpool Tramway, Britain's first electric tramway, from the Rossall School stop in Cleveleys to West Drive in Blackpool. Torch to light up Blackpool Tower 2012-06-21T18:23:28Z Besides this large mileage for a population of 568,000 persons, 446 miles of other railways and tramways, more or less under the control of the State, are available for public traffic. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z He has introduced that peculiarly American institution, the street railway—or tramway, as it is called here—which is a great comfort in moving about the city, where transportation before was chiefly by little ox-carts. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The close proximity to the sea and the facilities of the country for transport, it being “prepared by Nature to receive a tramway,” remove half the difficulties of working. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The portages at the Cascades on both sides of the River were made by very inadequate wooden tramways. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Tables, lists, and serviceable information concerning railways, tramways, omnibuses, cabs, telegraphs, postal rules, and other special matters, follow these sections. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z The tramway which has accompanied us all the way is still continued along this small section. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is connected with Amsterdam by a steam tramway, passing by way of the small fortified towns of Naarden and Muiden on the Zuider Zee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In the beautiful neighbourhood lies the ancient Roman castle of Saalburg, which can be reached by an electric tramway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Then he went through all the other compartments, gazing pensively at an unused tramway ticket and at a medal of the Madonna del Monte. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Being a losing speculation, the tramway cars ceased to run on 7th December, p. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z The traveller can find here the wreck of an old tramway by which the Yankee sealers, say fifteen years ago, used to run their whaleboats from one water to the other. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The town is the centre of a large system of electric tramways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Hardly anywhere is there room for a vehicle to be drawn up to the kerb on the inside of the tramway lines. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z A tramway carrying thousands of passengers weekly has been laid down from the Maidan or central square to one of the southern gates. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z There are tramways in the north-west of town. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Besides the railways, tramway lines exist in various parts of Dahomey. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The housing difficulty has been lessened in a notable degree by cheap transport facilities, including railroads, light railroads and tramways; a large proportion of the workpeople travel long distances to and from work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z It was rather a pity that the Bills were painfully prosaic ones, dealing with tramways and the like. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z During the early morning hours the street traffic was partly suspended, but by noon both the subway and the tramway cars were running again. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Huge snow-ploughs, drawn along the tramways by a score of horses, had to be abandoned in the streets. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z A tramway connects the city with its port at the mouth of the Manzanares. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Howth is connected with the capital by electric tramway, besides the railway, and another tramway encircles the hill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Slot, slot, n. a hollow, narrow depression, to receive some corresponding part in a mechanism: a ditch, the continuous opening between the rails in a cable tramway along which the shank of the grip moves.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The rails, fixed upon stone blocks, were quite different from those of modern railways or tramways, being just lengths of angle-iron into which the wheels of the waggons fitted: . The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The city is admirably served by tramways which penetrate every populous district and cross the river by Glasgow and Albert bridges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Besides railways, Seoul possesses also an electric tramway and electric light. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Its public services include tramways and electric lighting, the Juanacatl�n falls of the Rio Grande near the city furnishing the electric power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z His projects were innumerable—tramways, harbor improvements, railroads, street widening, etc. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Thus, in contradistinction from all other railway or tramway practice, the flanges were not on the wheels, but on the rails themselves. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Under the corporation municipal ownership has reached a remarkable development, the corporation owning the supplies of water, gas and electric power, tramways and municipal lodging-houses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The hearing resulted in my obtaining permission to lay a tramway from the Marble Arch at Oxford Street and from Hyde Park to Bayswater, a distance of one or two miles. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z A steam tramway connects the town and port, and a branch line connects with Entre Rios railways at the station of Tala. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z "Oh, he went off like Fran�ois; is conductor on the tramway to Nantes." Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Electric tramways now conduct along the Brighton Road to the uttermost end of the great modern borough of Croydon, at Purley Corner. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The corporation also laid down the tramways, which were leased by a company for twenty-three years at a rental of �150 a mile per annum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z But the people, as in Birkenhead, were tremendously in favor of the tramway. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z There is a continuous line of electric tramways, connecting with Port Glasgow on the east and Gourock on the west, a total distance of 7� m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z A sort of Midway-Pleasance in the wilderness—supported Heaven knows how, so far from any human habitation except the odd little Jamestown from which a tramway leads to it. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z The series starts with the stone on the kerb close by the tramway office at the triangle, where the Brixton Road begins. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z A steam tramway had been laid to Malabon, and horse tramways through the suburbs of Manila. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z When the war was over, these papers of course passed out of our hands, and the Chronicle made a most savage attack on me in the tramway discussion, taking the part of the omnibus drivers. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Sir Christopher's Cathedral, as it is also a Mausoleum, will probably be spared until some railway or tramway shall want the site. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z Adjoining that part of the quay where English vessels are loaded with iron brought upon a tramway, there is a little booth for the sale of refreshments. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The tramway terminus at Purley Corner is now a busy place. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Even so, the number of logs from any district will be so small that it will hardly pay to lay down a tramway. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z We soon took up the problem of laying the tramway up Ludgate Hill, where the street is exceedingly narrow. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z All are connected with the city by electric tramways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The Hospital Civil is best reached by the tramway from the Plaza de la Constituci�n. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z In the East he is still trained to useful service, and in England he is used in tramways and road cars. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The Spanish engineer employed commenced by building himself a commodious house; he then laid a tramway from the port to where the mine was to be, and bought a winding engine. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z At that time there was not an inch of "tramway," or street-railway, in Great Britain, or anywhere outside of New York and Philadelphia. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z An electric tramway connects the railway station and the adjacent wharves with the market, about 1 m. distant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z There was a crowd assembled as we drove up, tramways stopped, and the getting across the pavement was rather difficult. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z They were out early the next morning, and started for the tramway a mile distant. The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman 2011-11-07T02:00:17.100Z Then, coming to Walcot, the road finally loses all its character as a highway, and tramways, omnibuses, and traffic of every description proclaim the entrance to a populous city. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The accident was entirely unavoidable, and the tramway was not responsible for it, but there was a great deal of feeling, chiefly due to the agitation of the 'bus drivers. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z A well-devised system of electric tramways provides for local communication within the city and with the outlying suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Up beyond the terminus of the tramway a splendid view of Florence can be obtained. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Have you never heard of an aerial tramway? A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z That tramway was amusing to us schoolboys, so long as the novelty of it lasted. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The bill to authorize the tramways had gone to Parliament, and this was now defeated by a few votes. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z I debouched upon the Llangollen road near to the tramway leading to the collieries. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Aurora walks the streets alone; p. 493she goes out in the tramway: a voiture de place costs five francs for the least little course. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The main railway from Barcelona to France runs through the province, and several branch railways, besides steam and electric tramways, connect the principal towns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Here the tramway dipped abruptly, egress being prevented by a heavy steel sliding-door. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Each parish had to grant permission for any tramway that was to invade its ancient and sacred precincts. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Advancing along the tramway, I obtained a nearer view of the hellish buildings, the chimneys and the demoniac figures. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z This positive practical pushing bourgeoisie is always about its business; it lives in the street, in the hotel, in p. 522the train; one’s always in a crowd—there are seventy-five people in the tramway. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Modern railways had their origin in roads called tramways, which were used for hauling coal from the mines of England to the sea. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z At each casemate a line branched off from the main narrow-gauge track, showing that the tramway was originally intended to supply the heavy guns with ammunition. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z The "tramway" proved a success from the start, and became as popular as I had expected. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z I did know that Kitty had perhaps a pound a week of her own money, from some tramways out Edgbaston way. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The cities are all the same; little houses ten feet high or else big ones two hundred; tramways, telegraph-poles, enormous signs, holes in the pavement, oceans of mud, commis-voyageurs, young ladies looking for the husband. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Stephenson made what he called a traveling engine for the tramways leading from the mines where he worked to the sea, nine miles distant. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z We crossed the tramway lines unmolested, and dived into a narrow street leading down the hill. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z I appeared before the board with a carefully prepared model of the tramways I proposed. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z In this tunnel was laid a tramway, on which cars were constantly going to and from the mine. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z A tramway through every street; every block of exactly equal length; blocks and houses economically lettered and numbered. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Were there as few men as tramway horses, some one might perhaps have asked: What has happened to Bontzye? Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z He may either go by tramway � vapeur, or by his own means of communication. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Railways had been long heard of, and indeed there was one within twenty miles of Fairburn, which we should now call a tramway only, for engine it had none. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z Embankments and fine quays were constructed along the Danube; electric tramways were opened in the main streets, which were lighted by gas or electricity, and pure water was supplied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Garrick at that time had a house at Hampton which in recent days was occupied by the late Sir Clifton Robinson, the organiser of the London electric tramway system. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Bespattered with mud, spat at, driven with his load off the pavement and into the street among the cabs, carts, and tramways, looking death in the eyes every moment—he kept silent. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z How long from the first rubbing of electron or amber, and a leaping up of little particles to it, to the electric tramway? Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z On the tramways, men and women alike rush the doors the moment a car stops, utterly careless of the passengers who wish to alight. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z From this broad, open square the tramway cars start, and it also forms a general business centre. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z If the bye-laws of this particular tramway allowed the tram to stop and pick up pedestrians anywhere all along the line, we were quite safe; we should just sit down on the roadside and rest. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z But the tramway horse would receive less attention if there were as many horses as men—a thousand million. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z A tramway had been constructed round Miles Ca�on and White Horse Rapids, and vast quantities of stores had fortunately been brought up from St Michael's, so that no great fear of starvation existed. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z It is scarcely possible for anybody who has not visited Australia to picture what this means—a badly managed tramway service, run by badly-mannered officials, and carrying about double the number of badly-mannered passengers. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z American enterprise is engaged at this writing in constructing a narrow gauge electric tramway to the summit of Tijuca. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z We then took the tramway and drove out to see the wonderful Avenue of Palms, supposed to be perhaps one of the finest in the world. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z This current may be conducted to a distant tramway car, and, by sending the current through an electric motor, mechanical motion is produced and the car propelled along. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z "Oh, here are the people——" The procession of the French invit�s was coming down the road from the little tramway terminus. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z It would be difficult to find any tramways in the world in which the passengers are treated less considerately. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z The narrow streets, traversed by tramways, are at times almost impassable for pedestrians, and are often blocked by heavy mule teams for fifteen minutes at a time. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A warehouse was perched in a romantic situation amidst the cliffs of the Dalles and furnished with a tramway or wooden railway extending to the summit of the cliffs, for the transportation of goods. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z To return to the tale of our tramway work, you will picture my fellow-electrons aboard the car being energised by the incoming current. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z Greece spent about 10 billion euros to build a metro, airport and tramway and to upgrade infrastructure in preparation for the Olympic Games. Papandreou’s Tourism Gains Threatened by Fresh Wave of Strikes 2011-06-09T09:53:13Z Spie's origins lie in managing electrical power for Paris' train and tramway lines in the early 1900s. UPDATE 2-CD&R-led group to buy France's Spie for 2.1 bln euros 2011-05-31T10:42:41Z The city is a thriving and progressive place, has extensive gas works, an admirable system of water supply, tramways, good public schools, and one college or high school. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The lumber is delivered to the railway at the village by a wooden tramway. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z I need hardly say that it makes no difference to us whether we are asked to drive a tramway car, a railway train, or a host of machines in a factory or workshop. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z Norwich Town Council ordered a petition to be presented to Parliament against a scheme for the construction of electric tramways in the city. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Many of the ruins of the present were still in their graves peacefully hidden away for another generation to unearth; the new buildings, the streets, the gas lamps, the tramways were not. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z The tramway system of Rio is excellent in a crude way. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Amsterdam is indeed a great city, with numberless points of interest for the visitor, without mentioning its museums, art galleries, theatres, libraries, churches and other institutions; its botanical garden, university, parks and tramways. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z In 1890 he obtained a concession from the Egyptian Government giving him the right to make tramways in the city of Cairo. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z The work of laying the tramways was commenced on the Earlham and Thorpe routes on June 22nd. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Yet who can travel here in the West Riding and not be struck by the busy traffic, the sight of chimneys, quarries, canals, and tramways, and trains heavy laden, coming and going continually! A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The tramway, gas, and telephone have been successfully introduced. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Already their factory at Dane Cop is in course of construction, and they have an army of workmen laying the new tramway and excavating the dam. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Now there is to be a tramway to the Pyramids. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Norwich Omnibus Company wound up its affairs in consequence of the approaching completion of the tramways scheme. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z It is well laid out, has a fine town hall, handsome churches, post office, hospital, electric tramways, and parks and gardens, and is connected by railway with Maritzburg and the interior. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Narrow as the streets of Bahia are, room is found for a well patronized tramway to run through them. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Appleby heard a beat of hoofs, and looking down saw a man riding along the tramway on a mule. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z In an electric tramway system we may note a whole series of transformations. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z —A trial trip over the completed portion of the Norwich electric tramways was run. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The streets where the great lords once marched in grand state are now crossed in all directions by electric tramways. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z We have spoken of the narrowness of the streets through which the tramways pass. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Before night he had a situation in the office of a tramway company, at a hundred gulden a month. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z They went a step farther and bought the public tramways and cars, giving the people cheaper travel than had ever been known. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z There is a further system of suburban volunteer fire brigades manned by volunteers but equipped by the municipality, and horsed from the municipal stables or municipal tramways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Public ownership and control of gas, electric light, and water supplies, as well as of tramway, omnibus, and other locomotive services. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z St. Paul has a good system of tramways, several Protestant churches, and a number of educational and charitable public institutions, together with many of the attractions of a much larger capital. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The theatres were deserted, the tramways overcrowded, all who could went out into the country. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Closely akin are the payments demanded for privileges to industrial undertakings given as “franchises,” very often in connexion with monopolies, e.g. gas-works and tramways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z It is a prosperous manufacturing town, well served with tramways and containing many fine residences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Municipalization At present London pays an utterly unnecessary annual tribute, because, unlike other towns, it leaves its water supply, its gas-works, its tramways, its markets, and its docks in the hands of private speculators. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z The Bahia tramway, on its route to the suburbs, passes through fertile districts of great rural beauty, among groves of tropical fruits, orange orchards, tall overshadowing mangoes, and cultivated flowers. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The complete change in his mode of life caused by the removal to Wiltshire, was like the jarring caused by turning suddenly off the tramway into a stone-paved road. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z They hauled their load along the route of the tramway to below the rapids, where the waters of the Yukon are known as the Fifty Mile River. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z My aunt is so easily fatigued, and her aversion to tramways is so insurmountable, that she stays at home half the time in the hotel, and I make many a little expedition with Harry alone. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z It is especially urgent to secure public control of the water supply, the tramways, and the docks. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z "The May Pen cyar" is a tramway which runs to May Pen, the cemetery of Kingston. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z But with Mr. Trevor the wheel of labour had hitherto run in one groove, or rather, one may say, on a tramway made smooth by habit. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z The new £100m tramway system will be unveiled in June and the completion of the seafront opposite the Tower follows in August. Blackpool in bid to shed 'stags and hens' image 2011-02-13T10:51:15Z Subterranean springs and quicksands hereabout rendered the primitive roadmaker's occupation no easy one; and previous to the application of macadam, the tramway, while it lasted, was a boon to the farmers after heavy rains. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z There are also many steam tramways in the flatter part of the province, the fertility and agricultural activity of which are considerable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Paris, too, is well served by her tramways propelled by horses,—which have not yet wholly disappeared,—and by steam and electricity, applied in a most ingenious manner. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z A. All sorts of propositions, railway building, harbors, tramways, electrical enterprises, etc. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Local intercommunication is provided by an electric tramway line and a novel hanging railway—on the Langen mono-rail system—suspended over the bed of the river, with frequent stations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z A little book says: "Thanks to a unique system of tramways, Marseilles may be visited rapidly and without fatigue." The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Guayaquil is provided with tramway and telephone lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z In municipal tramways, for example, one-half the force could be dispensed with, for the functions of the conductor are practically confined to collecting fares. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z "These are the inhabitants," said Farnow, "whom neither the smoke of our factories, nor the tramways, nor the railways, nor the new palaces, nor the new order of things can astonish." The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z At Sunderland the coal trade furnishes employment for hundreds of vessels, independently of the “keels” or lighters which convey the coal from the termini of the railways and tramways to the ships. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z They do not know the word "trolley" in Europe, and "tramway" is not a French word, but the French have adopted it, even with its "w," a letter not in their alphabet. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The granite viaduct, near St Austell, was built by Cornish engineer Joseph Thomas Treffry to provide a horse-drawn tramway link to carry copper, china clay and granite from his nearby mines and quarries. Survey to close valley's viaduct 2010-12-25T10:06:36Z Miles and miles of steam tramway had been laid down. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Suburbs.—The principal streets radiating from central Birmingham to the suburbs are served by electric tramways worked by the corporation, and also by motor omnibuses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Dudley and its environs are connected by a tramway system, and water communication is afforded by the Dudley canal with Birmingham and with the river Severn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z I stood by you at the tramway office this afternoon. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Police said they intervened after local residents stopped a tramway by setting a fire on the rails and stoned it. Violence in French city after police shooting 2010-07-17T11:29:00Z A circular line of tramway, supported on palm-leaves, has been laid on the lake to facilitate the removal of the asphalt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Electricity was subsequently applied to the tramway system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Electric tramways serve the principal thoroughfares and suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z They were simply asked to go to a street in which certain people were interested, which, although a large thoroughfare, had two lines of tramways running through it. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone There is a railway across the island, also tramways, telephones, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis There are several short lines of light railway or tramway in the province. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" There is a good service of tramway cars. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The town is governed by a municipality which owns the water and electric lighting supplies and the tramway system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z There are numerous tramways in this capital, the cable principle being adopted in most of them. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He has the contract down at Clifton—the tramway company—and get the fodder he must. Deep Moat Grange Power currents, such as commonly employed for tramways, &c., are usually about 500 volts, but the use of these currents for lighting purposes, though practicable, is not to be advocated. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides In London, for instance, certain tramway companies double the tram-fares on Sundays. Friend Mac Donald The city is provided with urban and suburban tramways, electric light, telephone service and an abundant water-supply, and there are thermal springs in its vicinity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The tramways of Sydney are operated by steam-power, noisy, smoke-dispensing locomotives being in constant use on the main thoroughfares where tramways are laid. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Across the road from the triage was a large barnlike structure which served as the terminal of the electric tramway. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 Subsequently the tramways of the city have been mostly concentrated in the hands of a single Canadian company. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" They have competed successfully for government positions; they have founded trade-unions and coöperative societies; many women are tramway conductors, etc. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey A service of electric tramways is maintained, notable as being the first system installed in England with a combination of the trolley and conduit principles of supplying current. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The admirable system of tramways in Melbourne is worthy of all praise, use being made of the subterranean cable and stationary engines as a motor. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands This tramway connected Le Collet with Gerardmer by a steam road which came about half way. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 All the large cities of Brazil are liberally provided with tramways, those of the city of S�o Paulo, where electric traction is used, being noticeably good. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" It is the determined enemy of alcohol, and gives proof of its convictions through the work of its soldier’s and sailor’s department, its committees on railroads, tramways, police stations, cab drivers, etc. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey On its shore is the township of Botany, forming a suburb of Sydney, with which it is connected by a tramway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The principle is well demonstrated in some of the steepest avenues in San Francisco, where cable tramways have long been successfully operated. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands In June the construction of a pole tramway from La Gloria to a point on the bay between the port and the Palota landing was begun. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers The use of tramways for the transportation of passengers in cities dates from 1868, when the first section of the Botanical Garden line of Rio de Janeiro was opened to traffic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" There is an efficient tramway service, connecting the town with Darwen, 5 m. south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Our path lay along the half-finished tramway, through the first cacao plantation I had ever seen, though, I am happy to say, not the last by many a one. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Upon the other hand, the policeman and tramway conductor thought my absence of mind sufficiently explained when our servant told them I was a poet. Reveries over Childhood and Youth Prominent among these was the La Gloria Colony Transportation Company, which owned and operated the pole tramway to the bay. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers Internal communication is served by an excellent system of electric tramways, and there is also a local steamboat service with neighbouring villages on the Weser. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" There are hot mineral springs much frequented by invalids at Bella Vista, a suburb connected with the town by a tramway 3 m. long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" To the citizens of the home country go also the investment opportunities, the chances to secure concessions for mines, railroads and tramways. American World Policies S. by steam tramway from the town of Turin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The streets are traversed by tramways, and a railway runs north-eastward to Merida. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The little omnibus steamers which flit about like fire-flies are, like the tramways, taxed to their utmost capacity, while the air is full of music from military bands. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The streets are narrow, irregular and roughly paved, but are lighted by electricity; tramway lines run between the principal points of the city and suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Competitive investment, as in a brewery or cotton factory, does not bring the same profit as does a concession for a railroad, tramway or bank. American World Policies All the parts are connected by the suburban railway service, and by an electric tramway system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Practically all the cities3 and large towns have electric tramways, and electricity is also used as a motive power on many lines uniting the larger cities with the surrounding towns and villages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The park is reached by a pleasant drive over an excellent road, or by steam tramway cars any hour in the day. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Yet the shop-signs were English, the tramway under my feet was English gauge, the commodities sold were English, and the notices on the streets were in English. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It crossed Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey like lightning, through towns with antique names containing streets and tramways, but as yet no houses. Round the World in Eighty Days Under the Tramways Act 1870 the urban district council may obtain from the Board of Trade a provisional order authorizing the construction of tramways in their district by themselves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Stamps may be bought and letters mailed also in very many of the small tobacco-shops, in public buildings, and in the d�p�ts of the railways and the tramways of the suburbs. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Gas has been introduced, and tramways are laid in some of the principal thoroughfares. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The road turns and winds and the roof becomes lower, but those accursed tubs still rattle by on the tramways. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The internal communications of the city are excellent, electric tramways traversing the principal streets, and connecting all the principal suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" A system of electric tramways connects the town with its principal suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The blue flames danced, and disclosed a few vehicles hurrying past swiftly in the night, huge tramways lumbering along, and one or two flying motor cabs. The Heart of a Woman Dexter, leaving his tree, and seizing the cushions of the buggy, hurried up the tramway to the mill door again, intending to force an entrance. Anne Very much in the same way I was amused at seeing a steam tramway in Rangoon, and after we had quitted Moulmein fully expected to find the outskirts of civilisation. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In this direction lies Chapelizod, said to take its name from that Iseult whom Tennyson, Matthew Arnold and Wagner made a heroine; beyond which is Lucan connected with the city by tramway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Three trunks, or rather two and a hat-box, kept my knapsack company on the side of the tramway; and on these I read, inscribed in a large band, "Miss K. Herbert, per steamer 'Ardent,' Ostend." A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The last of the lumbering tramways had been merged in the distant lights: only from afar came flying on the blue flames, a taxicab at lightning speed. The Heart of a Woman Though no longer so popular as in the early part of the 19th century, it is still frequented, and is connected with Doberan by a tramway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Nor would any tramway company in the Real East have run its cars to catch a train that used to start last year, but now—rest its soul—is as dead as Queen Anne. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In the last years o' the big rush, there was an aerial tramway to take up the stuff. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Delayed somewhat by a mist in the dark hours before dawn, York’s command had marched north-westward up the road from Templeuve, where now runs the little tramway reaching the Belgian frontier. Tourcoing Electric tramways connect the city and suburbs and traverse the principal streets and the St Patrick’s and Parnell bridges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" These are omnibuses running on tramways, but the name of omnibus is unknown: if you speak of a “bus” you are stared at. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 This thing a queer little seven-mile tramway accomplished with much dignity. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Most of the town is lighted by gas, and certain quarters with electric light, and electric tramways have been laid over several miles of the city roads. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The town is some three miles away, but the house 330 is connected by telephone with the chief shops, and the tramway runs to within a quarter of a mile of us. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Several suburban settlements surround the city, the more important of which are served by the urban tramway lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It owns tramway cars which are run in opposition to motor omnibuses. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police We descended by the marvellous tramway, each pretending to be as little upset as the other, and started in pursuit of a Chinese burying-ground. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel On one side of the avenue an electric tramway extended from the bridge at Cairo to the Mena House Hotel near the Pyramids. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise They were come to the square before the tramway station. Pierre and Luce A steam tramway now runs by the place. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle Whenever a car of a new type is devised, be it a cab, an omnibus, or a tramway car, Scotland Yard examines it, and, if necessary, calls in a consulting expert for advice. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Consequently it was only natural that I should find a tramway that stood on its head and waved its feet in the mist. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel There are tramways in the city, and to New Brighton, a seaside suburb, and other residential quarters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Perhaps the mechanical skill of their builders and engineers had contrived some tramway or other machinery. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Quaint, rattling, puffing, asthmatic, and wheezy, the pioneer of ten thousand gilding creations of beauty and strength made its way between the white-washed houses of the old tramway at p. 18Merthyr. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years It receives only things found in public carriages—tramway cars, omnibuses, and cabs. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police A hundred hack-drivers leap from their boxes and invade the market, and after a short struggle one of them uncarts his capture in a burial-ground—a ghastly new place, close to a tramway. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Electric tramways connect the city and suburbs, and local steamers run from the Pipervik to the neighbouring islands and fjord-side towns and villages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" An inexhaustable supply of most excellent clay had been discovered just at the edge of the village site, and speedily connected with it by a short tramway. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The practical construction of logging equipment, such as aerial tramways, log slides, dams, and flumes, is of peculiar importance, and so are the conditions and changes of the lumber market. The Training of a Forester Chihuahua is a station on the Mexican Central railway, and has tramways and telephones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The wire-rope tramway has hitherto been used principally in connection with mines situated in very hilly localities. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast The local communications are maintained by an excellent electric tramway system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" By means of the tramway, an abundant supply of all kinds of the necessary materials could be placed on the building site very quickly. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century And there she found the assembled young folks in the throes of a discussion regarding Tess and Sammy's proposed aerial tramway. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended It is situated at a height of 1083 ft. above sea-level, 3 m. from the railway station, from which it is reached by an electric tramway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Hitherto the wire-rope tramway has been usually adopted merely as presenting the lesser of two evils. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast It is connected with the East Indian railway by a steam tramway, 5 m. in length. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The tramway was extended a half mile further from the village to reach the newly-opened stone quarries and coal mines, passing on the way large deposits of sand and gravel. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century "The man who knows everything," said Neale, throwing away the core of his apple and strolling to the gate on his way to the hardware store to purchase the materials for the Aeriel tramway. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Once we looked at the pavement and found the blocks loose and displaced by grass, with scarce a line of rusted metal to show where the tramways had run. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 For other classes of goods permanent packages and tramways will be provided in each ship, and trucks will be supplied at the wharf. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast I’d be glad to advance the money to put in an aerial tramway and you could pay it back out of the ore. Wunpost A double track system of narrow tramways passed between the rows of tables, on its way from the storehouse to the different seed beds in all parts of the garden. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Mabel Creamer, who lived next door on Main Street, wheeled her little brother over to Willow Street to view the wonder of the aerial tramway. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended "You have a tramway car that goes down to the pier, have you not?" she asked of the guard. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 At the head of the tramway on the Grand Rapids portage stands the Great House, facing old warehouses through which have passed millions of dollars' worth of furs. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) Presently I came upon a wooden tramway running at right angles to the road. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. Like the railroads, the tramway was the result of foreign enterprise, and has doubled the value of property in any direction within a couple of leagues of the city proper. Due South or Cuba Past and Present There was no room for Sammy in the car on this occasion, and he was left behind to seek his own amusement with the aerial tramway. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended The electric tramways shorten distances and facilitate this manner of building towns. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study They surmised that this must be the Rattler camp, and inspected its display of tall smokestacks, high hoists, skeleton tramways, and bleak dumps. The Plunderer We passed several small tramways running at right angles into the bush, with little huts adjoining, built of rushes and thatched with sugar-cane. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' On some of the largest estates tramways have been laid, reaching from the several sections of the plantation to the doors of the grinding-mill. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Tess was so full of the aerial tramway that she would have built it and rebuilt it forty times, so Agnes said, if they had not begged her to stop. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Guadalupe, the sacred Mecca of the Roman Catholics of Mexico, is reached by a tramway of about two or three miles in length, running in a northeasterly direction from the city. Aztec Land A car of ore slid along the tramway, with the 160 carboy dangling one leg over the back end while steadying himself by the controller, as if he had been thus occupied for years. The Plunderer When it has sufficiently cooled, it is taken on an inclined tramway to the hoppers connected with the chlorination barrels, in which the gas is generated by mingling chloride of lime with sulphuric acid. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' There is a big square with trees and handsome buildings, several good hotels, a tramway, and, mirabile dictu! a veritable barber's shop. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule "If a fellow had forty dolls he wouldn't be afraid to give them a ride on this aerial tramway!" The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended The tramway facilities are so complete in the city of Mexico that one has very little occasion to employ hackney coaches. Aztec Land From King William Street start the various lines of tramway in every direction from the city. Six Letters From the Colonies In these the men lived when sent down to cut timber for the fences, furnaces, and sleepers for the tramway, as it was pushed further and further up through the jungle. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' At this time but one railroad entered Indianapolis—it would be called a tramway now—from Madison on the Ohio River. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail From the top step, on which he perched precariously with Luke and the old negro steadying the ladder, Neale reached up with a rake and unhooked the hanging basket from the tramway. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended A branch railway takes us from Puebla to Santa Ana, from whence ancient Tlaxcala is reached by tramway. Aztec Land There is in Sydney a complete system of steam tramways, which run to the distance of six or seven miles out of the town. Six Letters From the Colonies A continuous stream of trams passes up and down it, to and from the junction, which is directly under the club windows, and is the centre of the whole Belfast tramway system. The Red Hand of Ulster During the same year the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company opened the Carbondale and Homesdale tramway, connecting their mines with the Delaware and Hudson Canal. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses And just outside his screened window was the tantalizing tramway which Neale had repaired and which was again in good working order. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Other evidences of keeping pace with the times were seen in the presence of the telephone, electric lights, and a good system of tramways. Aztec Land For carrying gravel and dirt to the dumps the miners had constructed rude tramways with small flat cars, which being successfully operated by gravity in all weather left the dogs free for other service. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska In case of an alarm, a run of a hundred yards or so would bring me to one of the many electric tramways.... A Nest of Spies The first railway or tramway act was passed in England in 1758, and in 1824 no less than thirty-three private railway or tramway companies had been chartered. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses In my passage across the summit on the Rat Portage we found some squared timbers which had been prepared there with a view to laying a sort of tramway. Young Alaskans in the Far North Everything in and about the city is quaint, though the telephone, electric lights, and street tramways all speak of modern civilization. Aztec Land According to the latest returns I have available there were twenty-two tramway companies in Japan, which between them, in the year 1904, carried the very respectable total of over 73,000,000 passengers. The Empire of the East Over these tramways cars were drawn by horses, or by ropes from stationary engines. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The second road of this kind was the Mauch Chunk tramway, in Pennsylvania, opened in 1826, for the transportation of coal. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses “You see that wooden tramway running down the island?” Young Alaskans in the Far North Its tramway, or horse-car, service is particularly well managed, and facilitates all sorts of transportation in and about the city. Aztec Land There is every prospect of electric tramways being extended to every town of any importance in Japan, and I am confident they will greatly aid in the industrial development of the land. The Empire of the East The tramways, the light railways, and the railways must be regarded as the modern form of the king's highway. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals In the year 1821, a number of Liverpool merchants formulated a plan for the construction of a tramway between their city and Manchester. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Following the directions and example of the foremost guide, we sat astride, one behind the other, on this wooden tramway, and slid very comfortably to the bottom. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France He broke down, however, ignominiously in his attempts with the tramway fish-horns. Aztec Land The first electric tramway, that in Kyoto, was opened in 1895, so that the development of the country in this direction has proceeded rapidly. The Empire of the East Public ownership and control of gas, electric light, and water-supplies, tramway, omnibus, and other locomotive services, and of the food and coal supply. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The Pleasure Gardens are divided by the Square, that central meeting-place of the town's tramway system, into two portions, known as the Lower and the Upper Gardens. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Neither my brothers nor I were very much impressed by it, though it is a large and flourishing town, built somewhat on Philadelphia principles, in blocks, and, like Philadelphia, gridironed all over with tramway lines. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Both Tacubaya and San Angel can be reached almost any hour of the day from Mexico by tramway, the cars starting from the Plaza Mayor. Aztec Land In connection with the means of communication one or two remarks in reference to tramways may not be out of place. The Empire of the East Now when we consider the question of municipal trading in gas, tramways, and electricity, is the principle involved any different? British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals So, pleasantly did we amble along the narrow little steam tramway through luxurious green fields and smiling fertile landscape of the Flemish littoral in our well rewarded search for the quaint and the unusual. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders Another element of monopoly arises from industries in which competition is inapplicable—the supply of gas and water, for example, a tramway service, and in some conditions a railway service. Liberalism Here all the lines of tramways meet and diverge, and the congregated fashionable idlers of the town hold high carnival daily and nightly. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months To the north beyond Richmond Hill and the huge hotel, twice burnt down, which looks over the woods and the river, one may come by tramways and railways to Kew and Kew Gardens. Highways and Byways in Surrey To most it suggests little beyond dump-heaps of white powdered quartz, tall machinery, tall chimneys, with a town of tramways and offices and wealthy people all struggling together for more wealth. The Rhodesian When a little bigger, he would become a “putter,” and have the employment of rolling the waggons along the tramways. The Mines and its Wonders In the towns, the tramways and cabs no longer moved in the streets. Through Finland in Carts The limestone was brought on a tramway from the village of p. 278Crich, 2 or 3 miles distant, the coal being supplied from his adjoining Claycross colliery. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The tramway was constructed of wooden rails, and the coal cars drawn by an old grey pony. On the Equator An electric tramway service connects the outskirts and the centre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" It should have been said that three empty waggons had come down in the cage, and had in the first instance been withdrawn and placed on the return tramway. The Mines and its Wonders Two companies provide Bangkok with a complete system of electric tramways, and the streets are lined with shade-trees and lit by electricity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Then carts were used, to facilitate the progress of which tramways of flag-stone were laid down. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson It was along this tramway that Mr. Wallace shot the orang-utan mentioned in an earlier part of this chapter. On the Equator It is divided into three main districts, Upper, Middle and Lower Barmen, and is connected, throughout its length, with Elberfeld, by railway, tramway, and a suspended trolley line, hanging over the bed of the Wupper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" On this another waggon was run, that again rose, until a third stage was level with the tramway—the three stages being now level with the three floors of the cage. The Mines and its Wonders Communication with the upper town is effected by means of two elevators, a circular tramway, and steep zigzag roads. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In 1776, a cast-iron tramway, nailed to wooden sleepers, was laid down at the Duke of Norfolk’s colliery near Sheffield. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson N. by rail from Naples, from which there is also an electric tramway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Barcelona is well supplied with inland communication by rail, and the traffic of its streets is largely facilitated by tramway lines running from the port as far as Gr�cia and the other chief suburbs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" According to the Encyclopedia Britannica railways had their origin in tramways which were used more than two hundred years ago in the mining districts of England to carry their output of coal to the sea. A Pioneer Railway of the West To say nothing of the railway system which connects the large towns in the east and west, Batavia is provided with an excellent tramway, and with a capital supply of small vehicles called sadoes. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore The plates of these early tramways had a ledge cast on their edge to guide the wheel along the road, after the manner shown in the annexed cut. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson I do not sympathise with the Alpine monopolist who would grudge that dear old lady, and others like her, the little train and tramway by which alone such people can penetrate to those soul-stirring scenes. More Science From an Easy Chair I believe by a gold mine he knows about somewhere, and a steam tramway in Lapland. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers It was not in itself a new idea, for tramways had long been in use, and so far back as 1814 George Stephenson had constructed a locomotive engine for a colliery. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Years ago there used to be a tramway down to the rock, and they shipped copper ore by means of derricks into lighters, which were towed across in fine weather to Swansea. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Henceforth I shall only deal in sentimental tramways and have shares in the moral funds—maybe not moral according to the threadbare ideal of the genus homo sapiens. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee "By heavens," said T. B. admiringly, "they have even got an underground tramway; look here!" The Secret House On our way home by the tramway I discovered I had lost a five-dollar bill and one of my gloves. How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time The wood pavement, which we had followed almost constantly since leaving London, soon disappeared, and, finally, so did the tramway. The Automobilist Abroad To deal with these many miles of new railways—both standard and narrow gauge—and trench tramways were laid. World's War Events, Vol. II From eight o'clock till ten the small activities of the town centered chiefly about its tramway terminus, its smudgy station, its three or four moving-picture theatres, and its fetid pubs. World's War Events, Vol. I There were gas-works on the premises, and there was a small tramway for sending paper, &c., from one end to the other. Littlebourne Lock In one of the cable tramway cars which, at a reverential pace, perambulate the city of Edinburgh, two citizens conversed. The Prodigal Father It is the tramway of knowledge which compels all men to travel by the same car, whatever may be their ultimate destination. American Sketches 1908 The tramway does for my going and coming, and I am content to live on a third floor over an entresol, where I am exposed to Teyss�dre. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 The dilapidated hacks, pulled by lean horses, dragged along lazily; the tramways rumbled by; along the sidewalks people threaded like a long, immovable ribbon. The Comedienne “Johannesburg tramway men started a lightning strike on Thursday owing to the suspension of a conductor.” Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 At thirty-five he had directed the construction of the tramways of Cairo and of the Lower Egyptian Railways. An African Adventure Both places came in for heavy shelling at intervals all day and night, for both were situated about the end of a trench tramway, an obvious place for dumping stores. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 We only go as far as the tramway shed at Rusholme. The Day of Judgment There was a frightful tumult pervading the large halls which were crossed by tramways. Jack 1877 These are platforms placed over the river and connected with tramways, joined to the various pits. A Yacht Voyage Round England Railway Development.—The railway as a common carrier, having its right by virtue of a government charter, dates from 1801, when a tramway was built between Croydon and Wandsworth, two suburbs of London. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges However I had the latter dump moved to a better place, some distance from the tramway, where there was less scrap iron lying about. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 In the early part of December I travelled as well as I could, sometimes tramping and sometimes making use of peasants’ carts and local tramways, until I eventually reached Holland. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship No tramway, and no slender pier To stretch into the sea. Old Times at Otterbourne The tramway of “the Severn and Wye Company,” on the west side of the Forest, has not been materially altered. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account But the North Shore Highlands was at this time uncatered for by the tramway authorities. An Australian Lassie You got at it by walking across country to the west end of High Wood, and then along a trench tramway till it ended rather abruptly at the Flers Switch. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 I had been relieved of it either in the press at the theatre exit, or in entering or leaving the tramway car on my return. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Telegraphs, tramways, railways, and electric lighting form part of the equipment of this go-ahead kingdom. Chatterbox, 1906 To this year also is to be referred the introduction of tramways by two companies, designated “The Severn and Wye Railway Company,” and “The Bullo Pill Company.” The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account “We’ll take good care that they don’t run over us while we are in Sydney,” remarked Harry, and there the tramway subject was dropped. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Like most dumps, it was at the end of the tramway and none too healthy a spot. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Travelling, too, is convenient and cheap: the tramways run quite round Palermo, and the carriages are better and cheaper than in any other city in Europe. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Behind the German lines a trench tramway was in use; the metallic rumble of the trolleys on the iron rails came continuously from the distance. No Man's Land A branch line of tramway was also made up to Mr. Mushet’s Mine, near the Shute Castle Hill Enclosure, from the Severn and Wye line at Park End. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account “They didn’t foresee the tramways in the streets, and the steam cars running upon them,” said Harry, as a noisy little steam engine drawing two passenger cars passed close to their carriage. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Nothing, however, could we see of the tramway, and we could only push on, hoping to find it. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 Most of the streets converge into the Piazza di Venezia, where is situated the tramway station, from which omnibuses run to all parts of the town. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta There was a tramway along the passage, for small wagons or cars to run on. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading There was also another tramway extension by the Bullo Pill Company to the Folly and Whimsey Collieries at the head of the Dam Pool. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account By the side of the two-thousand-years-old-aqueduct ran a modern electric tramway; and one of the graceful arches made by Roman hands had been widened to let pass the railway line for Madrid. The Car of Destiny Now it has become a busy thoroughfare, with a noisy tramway: nearly all the houses have been turned into shops, and Mr. Pickwick could scarcely recognize his old quarters. Pickwickian Studies Magnificent new streets and boulevards, lined with buildings equal to any in Paris or London—streets traversed by tramways, and brilliantly lighted by gas; with shops and magazines, as in other great continental capitals. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Then he should have to fill corves with coal, and push them along the tramways for some years more till he got to be a hewer like his father. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Just where you alight from the steam tramway at Versailles, you will find close on your right, a little open-air café, with tables under a trellis of green vines. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge Ten busy streets poured their traffic into the place; intricate lines of tramways converged there. The Car of Destiny A steam-engine is employed in digging it out, and filling a set of cars, which run on a tramway to the edge of the cliff under which the vessels lie to load. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Visitors usually carried tobacco, which they dropped on the tramway by which they were conveyed; and even when the prohibitions were most severely enforced, money would procure a supply. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The rebels stopped all the traffic on the Tondo-Malabon steam tramway line, and shortly afterwards the Manila-Dagúpan railway trains had temporarily to cease running. The Philippine Islands It lies among the drooping trees of a little island in the Seine, called the Isle de la Recette, and you may find it by taking the suburban tramway for Asnières. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge Rags and red herrings, and broadcloth and books, and O. D. and Khaki, and horizon blue, crowded the dinky ding-ding tramway and counted out kopecs to the woman conductor. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 At Lucerne I went up a tramway to the top of Mt. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. As the settlement improved, a tramway formed of hard wood, crossed a space of five miles, and thus connected the opposite bays. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Apart from the many new buildings erected for military convenience, there is now a fine jetty with a tramway, a landing-stage for small vessels, a boysʼ and a girlsʼ school, some new residences, etc. The Philippine Islands That night, without attracting attention, Stuart left the city on foot, taking neither tramway nor railroad, and made a long night march. Plotting in Pirate Seas There are no cities and towns back on the hills, no railways and tramways, no fine motor roads to make the pedestrian's progress a disagreeable and almost continuous passage through clouds of dust. Riviera Towns They were little better than tramways, supported by cross- ties with longitudinal stringpieces covered with thin strips of iron. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. A wooden flume clung like a huge serpent to the steep slopes, and a tramway descended from near the summit to the mill below. At the Time Appointed He was always struggling against this "side," as he called it, of his "culture," and in his hours of reaction he was all for steam tramways, "devils," and Kindergartens standing where they ought not. The Mark Of Cain The colony is not far from the little village of Bathsheba, which Stuart had reached by the tramway that crosses the island. Plotting in Pirate Seas In old French towns, the words boulevard and tramway are generally anathema. Riviera Towns It drew on a tramway a load of ten tons at the rate of five miles an hour. The Iron Horse A short line of railroad runs to these verdant spots at one side, while a tramway extends on the other. Six Months at the Cape Father says Sam Hardock wants the gallery widened a little, so that a tramway can be laid down, and then he’ll run trucks along it, and tilt all the rubbish into the sea.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea In curves of a small radius each section of tramway is provided with an arch, to keep the line of the wire as nearly as possible parallel to the curve of the line. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Between Cannes and the Italian frontier, where the railway does not skirt the coast, you have the tramway. Riviera Towns From the European streets with electric light and tramways, churches, clubs, merchants' offices, and public buildings, tidal docks and wharves, we reach in a few minutes the Chinese town, pure, unadulterated Asia. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People There had been a little trench tramway but it had been wrecked by shells. The Emma Gees The Kingsway underground tramway carried them to the Angel, where they got off. The Hand in the Dark Amongst the ruins the Canadians had laid a splendid system of tramways, and the transport of stores and rations to the line was carried out every night by this means, in a most expeditious manner. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion As a result of the tramway, or perhaps as its cause, the Cannes-Menton stretch of the Riviera is solidly built up. Riviera Towns We go on shore and find in the principal streets of the town a curious jumble of copper-brown coloured people, carriages, tramways, and small, two-wheeled "rickshas" which are pulled by half-naked men. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Some repairs to the tramway lines were going on higher up, and she narrowly escaped various pitfalls in the shape of trenches and holes in the roadway, very insufficiently marked by feeble lamps. Marriage à la mode Along the river front runs a tramway connecting Duke Town with Queen Beach, which is higher up and provided with excellent quay accommodation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The railroad or tramway in England is far back, earlier than the railroad in America. Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defense But after one has reached the eastern side of the harbor and gone through Font Saint Jean, the tramway road, with its noise and dust and variegated bourgeois fantasies, can be abandoned. Riviera Towns The local industries comprise machinery and tools, railway and tramway carriages, furniture, cast-iron goods, gold and silver work, carpets, furs, cloth and cottons, paper, musical instruments, glass and china. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" France is substituted for Germany as regards ownership of the railroads and rights over concessions of tramways; the Rhine bridges pass to France with the obligation for their upkeep. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights After this spirited opening he consulted a sheaf of notes, and was straightway mired in a ploughland of tramway finance and sticky statistics. Foe-Farrell The barrels must not be rolled, but carried in slings to the trucks running on tramways of either wood or bronze, into the magazine. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The pair of lean horses—one black, the other white—stood with noses turned towards the tramway rails. Riviera Towns Electric tramways and omnibuses serve all parts of the city, and numerous ferries ply across the river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" He stood on a tramway that ran from the mill to the boat landing. Billy Whiskers' Adventures It's a good thing I have the tramway so handy. John Gabriel Borkman I heard, sleepily, not consciously listening; and I did note at first connect "Mr. Evans" with William G. Evans of the tramway company. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers |
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