William Eppelsheimer letter, Kaiserslautern, to Th. H. Hittel, Esq., 1895 Nov. 29.

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William Eppelsheimer letter, Kaiserslautern, to Th. H. Hittel, Esq., 1895 Nov. 29.

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Autograph letter, signed, describing civil engineer Eppelsheimer's role 1872-1873 in designing and building the first cable railroad system in San Francisco for Andrew S. Hallidie. In this brief narrative, Eppelsheimer describes conditions of financing, listing shareholders and contractors, and claims credit for the creation of the cable car grip and the Clay Street Hill Railroad.

1 item (3 leaves, folded); 22 cm.

San Francisco Public Library, Main Library

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San Francisco Public Library, Main Library

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Hallidie, Andrew Smith, 1836-1900

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Inventor, engineer, and civic leader. From the description of Andrew Smith Hallidie diary : ms, 1852 Jan.-May. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122368972 Hallidie was an inventor, engineer, and civic leader. From the description of Andrew Smith Hallidie papers and biographical material, 1848-1967. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128689 ...

Hittell, Theodore Henry, 1830-1917

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Hittell was a historian, journalist, and lawyer, of Calif. From the description of Theodore Henry Hittell miscellany, 1857-1917. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122642464 Theodore Henry Hittell was an American author and lawyer. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Ohio to attend college, and then followed his brother John to California. He worked as a journalist, practised law, and published several books, including a history of California. Fro...

Clay Street Hill Railroad Company.

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Eppelsheimer, William, b. 1842

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William Eppelsheimer was born in Germany in 1842 and studied engineering at Polytechnic Institute of Karlsruhe, coming to San Francisco in 1869. After the success of the Clay Street Hill cable railroad, and after designing the Geary Street, Park and Ocean railroad in San Francisco (1880), he was chief engineer of the Highgate Hill cable tramway in London (1884), and drew plans for the Edinburgh Northern Tramway, but had moved back to Germany by 1886. The recipient, historian Theodore H. Hittell,...