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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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st Elevated Railway to use Electricity in Europe—The Largest of its kind in the World—A Mag-nificent Structure with Splendid Construction and Perfect in all its details—TiltingBridge Spans—Automatic Electric Block System of Signals. BV J. H. WOODWARD, C. THE most noted electrical event which has occurredin Europe in a long time was the opening,on February 4, of the electric elevated rail-way in Liverpool, locally known as the Liver-pool Overhead Railwaj.* A large attendance of notablesgraced the occasion, and the machinery was set in motionby the Marquis of Salisbury, who delivered an appropri- rapid communication between all the docks lying alongthe river. The railway is carried overhead for its wholelength, with the exception of about 270 yards, where itpasses on an embankment under an already existing linebelonging to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Com-pany. The structure is built up almost entirely of steel,several novel features having been introduced, both in the
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SCENES FROM THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY.BOGIE TRUCK. SECTION OF ELEVATED TRACK, TWO CLASS COMPARTME.VT CAR. COLLECTOR SHOE AS ATTACHED TO TRUCK. ate address. Among other speakers were the mayor ofLiverpool and .Sir William Forwood. The inaugural trippassed off successfully and was witnessed by thousands. The railway as at present completed, consists of adouble line of rails of the ordinary 4-feet 8^-inch gauge,extending for a distance of six miles over the MersejDock Boards Estate, and intended to give a means of *A full description of construction will be found in The StreetRailway Review for August, 1891. In 18S7 parliament authorizedthe Dock Board to construct the line, which for the nio&t part is overtheir own property. In January, iS88, the Dock Board agreed to buildthe road and lease it for 999 years to the Liverpool Overhead RailwayCompany. Construction began July, 1890; line was formally openedFebruary 4, 1893. Structure contains 25,000 tons of metal, and costcomplete $

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