Table of Contents

	Foreword: Not to Be Forgotten	p. 9
	Acknowledgements	p. 13
	Introduction: Chicago's Central Role in Cable Car History	p. 15
	How Cable Cars Work	p. 27
	The Cable Car Experience	p. 43
	Before Cable Cars: Horse Power	p. 57
	Cable Cars Arrive on the Scene	p. 69
	Cable Cars on the South Side	p. 75
	South Side Car Barn Bandits	p. 97
	Transit Titan, Cable Car Czar	p. 103
	Cable Cars on the North Side	p. 121
	Cable Cars on the West Side	p. 133
	Chicago's Cable Car Mail Service	p. 147
	Demise of Chicago's Cable Cars	p. 153
	Cable Cars Around the Country	p. 167
	Chicago's Cable Car Remnants	p. 175
	Afterword	p. 185
	Bibliography	p. 187
	About the Author	p. 191

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