Table of Contents

; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1.; Andrew S. Hallidie and the Endless Wire Ropeway; 2.; Bleichert's Double-Rope System; 3.; Construction and Operation; 4.; Great Western Tramways; 5.; Decline, Obsolescence, and Preservation; Notes; Glossary of Tramway Terms; Bibliography; Index;

About the Author

Robert A. Trennert is a professor of history at Arizona State University whose research and teaching interests are in the American West and Native American history. He has published four books and numerous articles in scholarly journals. He served as president of the Mining History Association in 1997.