Reproduced by pt 



of Modern Electricity" (Seelty, Service & Co., Ltd.). 

 A UNIQUE ELECTRIC RAILWAY 



Part of the Barmen-Elberfeld Railway, Germany. From end to end the track is supported by frames, set about 30 yards apart, 

 straddling the Wupper River and town streets. The carriages are suspended by large hooks from electrically driven bogies running on 

 the track. A carriage accommodates so passengers, and when fully loaded weighs about 14 tons. The railway is 8 ^ miles long, and 

 speeds of up to nearly 40 miles an hour have been attained on it. 



Photo: W. II. Mack, Runcorn. 



ELECTRIC TRANSPORTER BRIDGE 



This bridge, the largest of its kind, crosses the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, and has a span of l.ooo feet between centres 

 of towers. The car seen close to the nearer tower is suspended by cables from trolleys running on the bottom flanges of the girder. 

 The electric motors which propel the trolleys are under the control of a man in the small cab on the top of the car. Up to 600 people 

 can be transported at a time from one end of the bridge to the other in about two minutes. 



