Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1895 — AN AERIAL TRAMWAY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AN AERIAL TRAMWAY.

The Novel Method by Which a Tennessee Hill-Top Is Beached. Near Knoxville, Tenn., is a hill from which a magnificent view of the surrounding country may be had. As tourists have had great difficulty In reaching the top of the hill, a live “Tennessee Yankee’ conceived the idea of con-

structing an aerial railroad, or tramway, by which they might be quickly and comfortably transported there. The result Is the arrangement shown In this cut The rails are of flexible steel, and thb'car hangs from them and Is drawn by a cable. The span of the line Is 1,000 feet and the gradient Is about 33 feet of vertical rise for 100 feet of horizontal span. The car carries sixteen passengers and the drivers, and, thus loaded, it weighs about two tons. The speed Is twenty-four miles an hour. It Is said that a similar tramway is to be built across Nlagara.

THE AERIAL TRAMWAY.