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Andrew Smith Hallidie

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Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, USA. [1]

52 relations: Aerial tramway, American Geographical Society, American River, Andrew Halliday (physician), Bear River (Humboldt County), Blacksmith, British Columbia, Cable car, Cable car (railway), California, California Academy of Sciences, California Historical Society, California State Senate, Citizenship, Clay Street Hill Railroad, Comstock Lode, Design studio, Dumfriesshire, Flume, Folsom, California, Fraser River, Gold mining, Hallidie Building, Hallidie Plaza, Hallidie ropeway, Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Klamath River, Lockerbie, London, Machine shop, Mariposa County, California, Mayor, Nevada City, California, Olympic Club, Pacific-Union Club, San Francisco, San Francisco cable car system, San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, Scotland, Sierra Club, Silver mining, Stanislaus River, Surveying, Trinity River (California), Tuolumne River, United Kingdom, United States, University of California, Weitchpec, California, William Eppelsheimer, ..., Wire rope, Yale, British Columbia. Expand index (2 more) »

Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway, sky tram, cable car, ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion.

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American Geographical Society

The American Geographical Society (AGS) is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City.

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American River

The American River (Río de los Americanos during the period before 1847 ruled by Mexico) is a 120-mile-long river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in the Sacramento Valley.

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Andrew Halliday (physician)

Sir Andrew Halliday, KH (also spelt Hallidie; 17 March 1782 in Copewood, parish of Dryfesdale, Dumfries – 7 September 1839 in Dumfries) was a Scottish physician, reformer, and writer.

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Bear River (Humboldt County)

Bear River is the largest Pacific coastal drainage basin between the Mattole River and the Eel River.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. whitesmith).

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Cable car

A cable car is any of a variety of cable transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate.

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Cable car (railway)

A cable car (cable tram elsewhere, apart from North America) is a type of cable transportation used for mass transit where rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 26 million specimens.

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California Historical Society

The California Historical Society, located at 678 Mission Street at the corner of Annie Street in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California is the state's official historical society since 1979.

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California State Senate

The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature.

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Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation.

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Clay Street Hill Railroad

The Clay Street Hill Railroad was the first successful cable hauled street railway.

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Comstock Lode

The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Nevada (then western Utah Territory).

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Design studio

A design studio or drawing office is a workplace for designers and artisans engaged in conceiving, designing and developing new products or objects.

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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Flume

A flume is a human-made channel for water in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch.

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Folsom, California

Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States.

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Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for, into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining.

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Hallidie Building

The Hallidie Building is an office building in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, at 130 Sutter Street, between Montgomery Street and Kearny Street.

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Hallidie Plaza

Hallidie Plaza is a public square located at the entrance to Powell Street Station (the third-busiest BART station as of 2015) on Market Street in the Union Square area of downtown San Francisco, California, United States.

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Hallidie ropeway

In mining history, a Hallidie ropeway is a cable system used to haul ore from a mine, a type of ropeway conveyor.

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Kirkpatrick-Fleming

Kirkpatrick-Fleming is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Klamath River

The Klamath River (Karuk: Ishkêesh, Klamath: Koke, Yurok: Hehlkeek 'We-Roy) flows through Oregon and northern California in the United States, emptying into the Pacific Ocean.

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Lockerbie

Lockerbie (Locarbaidh) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Machine shop

A machine shop is a room, building, or company where machining is done.

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Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Nevada City, California

Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, located northeast of Sacramento and 28 miles north of Auburn.

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Olympic Club

The Olympic Club is an athletic club and private social club in San Francisco, California.

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Pacific-Union Club

The Pacific-Union Club is a social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, at the top of Nob Hill.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Francisco cable car system

The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system.

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San Francisco Mechanics' Institute

The Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room is a historic membership library, cultural event center, and chess club in the Financial District of San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California at 57 Post Street.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States.

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Silver mining

Silver mining is the resource extraction of silver by mining.

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Stanislaus River

The Stanislaus River is a tributary of the San Joaquin River in north-central California in the United States.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Trinity River (California)

The Trinity River (originally called the Hoopa or Hupa by the Yurok, and hun' by the Natinixwe/Hupa people) is a major river in northwestern California in the United States, and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River.

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Tuolumne River

The Tuolumne River (Yokutsan: Tawalimnu) flows for through Central California, from the high Sierra Nevada to join the San Joaquin River in the Central Valley.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the US state of California.

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Weitchpec, California

Weitchpec (formerly, Durkee's Ferry and Weitchpec Bar) (Karuk: ansáfriik, Yurok: Wechpues, Wech) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.

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William Eppelsheimer

William Eppelsheimer (January 26, 1842– June 9, 1920) was a tramway engineer known for his work on cable car systems.

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Wire rope

Steel wire rope (right hand langs lay) Wire rope is several strands of metal wire twisted into a helix forming a composite "rope", in a pattern known as "laid rope".

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Yale, British Columbia

Yale is an unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Smith_Hallidie

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