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284: 31: 299:, and was operated by the Highgate Hill Tramways Company (the successor to the Steep Grade Tramways & Works Co. Ltd who had obtained the original authority). A fatal accident on 5 December 1892, after a cable snapped and the runaway cable car crashed, saw the tramway closed down; this was only one in a series of (mainly financial) problems which eventually resulted in the 327:
In 1909 it was agreed that the LCC would buy its portion of the cable tramway for £13,099, effective from 24 August, and the MCC would purchase its 400 yards at the village end for £6,377, which it would then lease back to the LCC for working. Cable operation ceased immediately and the tramway was
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skyline. The initial rolling stock was dummy grip cars, pulling trailers which could go on to other lines pulled by horses. After problems with the connection between the cars and the trailers the Company was required to use single unit cars. These cars, in dark blue and cream livery, were double
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of the Company later that month. After a further change of company owner, on 14 August 1896 the line was sold to a new concern, the Highgate Hill Tramways Ltd, and was reopened on 19 April (Easter Monday) following year. The Company apparently considered converting the line into a standard gauge
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In 1881 the Steep Grade Tramways & Works Company Ltd was incorporated, one of its directors being William Booth Scott, the Chief Surveyor for St. Pancras Borough Council. To build the Highgate Hill Tramway from
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construction all over the world. Cable haulage had been used in Britain since the 1830s in coal mines and on some short sections of passenger railways, but the grip system patented by
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and created the grip currently used by San Francisco cable cars. It was constructed by the Patent Cable Tramways Corporation. The engineers for the tramway's construction were
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and an American, S. Bucknall Smith, who said the route was chosen as the one nearest London which could be used for demonstration purposes. The line linked the busy
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electric tramway network. The cable cars were sold for scrap. The new electric line had double track over the entire route which meant one wing of Fairseat,
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of Fairseat, who had seen the system operate in the USA. The Highgate Hill system was designed by William E. Eppelsheimer, who had designed the pioneering
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in 1873 using a constantly-moving cable in a conduit with grippers on the cars which could be engaged or disengaged by their drivers.
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represented a major technical advance on these operations. The world's first successful cable tramway was opened in
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in Europe. Opened in 1884, it was built to demonstrate the benefits of the technology first pioneered in
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From 1905 the line had to compete with the long-awaited electrified tram track along
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electric tramway but got nowhere with the idea, caught as it was in the middle of a
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closed for reconstruction, reopening eight months later as part of the
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they issued 6,000 shares of £5 each and a prospectus endorsed by
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in the winding house, whose tall chimney was a feature of the
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deck, carrying 26 passengers inside and 28 on the roof.
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Index


Archway
Highgate Village
Archway Tavern
Highgate Village
Track gauge
Highgate High Street
Route length
cable tramway
San Francisco
horse tramway
Hallidie
San Francisco
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Archway Tavern
Highgate Village
Sir Sydney Waterlow
Clay Street Hill Railroad
Joseph Kincaid
horse tram
Archway Tavern
Highgate Village
Highgate Hill
narrow gauge
3 ft 6 in
Highgate High Street
stationary engine
Highgate

Lord Mayor of London

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