October, 2020 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- October 1, 2020

 

I just put the October, 2020 version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server:
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/

It includes some new items:
1. Picture of the Month: An 1840 view of Marsh Station on the London and Blackwall Railway.

2. On the Cable Trams in the UK page: A ten year update about the London and Blackwall Railway, a pre-Hallidie cable-operated line

3. Added News updates about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including a cable car made available for people to see and photograph three days a week.

Ten years ago this month (October, 2010):
1. The picture of the month: An 1840 view of Marsh Station on the London and Blackwall Railway. ilway, an automated electric line. Google Maps Streetview Image updated Jun 2019. Copyright 2020 Google.

2. On the UK page: A new article about the London and Blackwall Railway, a pre-Hallidie cable-operated line

3. Added News and Bibliography items about the 48th Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest. The gripmen and conductors chose to boycott the contest because of union/management issues

4. Add links to two sites: FunCheapSF and Railroad Parts: History for Kids

Twenty years ago this month (Fall, 2000):
1. Picture of the Quarter: Geary and Market

2. Roll out Excerpts From The Octopus page.

3. Join more webrings: Funicular, Trolley & Interurban, Tram, and International Transportation.

125 years ago this month:

The Lexington Avenue line of New York's Metropolitan Street Railway opened for service

Coming in October: On the Decorated Cable Cars page: A ten year update on the Giants' World Series of 2010

The Cable Car Home Page now has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CableCarHomePage/

Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-October-2020)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (updated 31-January-2020)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ferry/
Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 31-July-2019)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ptrain/
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion (updated spasmodically)
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com
The Big V Riot Squad (new blog)
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