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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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nmany of the latest equipped shops. The finish given to all of these tools is worthy of remark; all castings are carefully rubbed down and done in an egg-shell finish, which produces a most attractive result and alsogreatly facilitates the keeping clean of the various parts. — ♦♦♦ s THE CIRCLE SWING AND AIR SHIP A popular novelty in the line of amusement apparatus is thecircle swing and air-ship shown in the accompanying illustra-tion. This device, which is made by the Traver Circle SwingCompany, of New York, was first operated during the summerof 1903 in Electric Park, Kansas City, Mo., where it met withimmediate success. At present there are installations in ser-vice in Revinia Park, controlled by the Chicago & MilwaukeeElectric Railway Company; Elitch Gardens, Denver, Col.; SaltPalace, Salt Lake City; the Chutes, Los Angeles, Cal.; LunaPark, Coney Island, N. Y.; Coney Island, Cincinnati, and manyother places. One of the most attractive features of the ride in the circle
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THE CIRCLE SWING AT SALT LAKE CITY swing is the ease with which the cars move, there being abso-lutely no noise or vibration. Another feature is the pleasing,cooling effect produced by the rapid flight through the summerair. The passengers are seated in narrow, pointed cars, whichare lifted slowly and gracefully into the circle. Gradually,however, the machine moves faster, the cars gain momentumand the passengers are rapidly swung forward. When the carshave been lifted to their utmost height and the limit of speedattained, the power is slowly reduced and the speed lessened topermit the cars to return gently to the ground. All parts of the circle swing, including the tower, shaft,trusses and cables, are made of steel. All exposed parts aregalvanized to prevent rust. The car seats are made of rattan,stiffened with iron and upholstered in fine red leather. Themachine is built with a factor of safety of twenty to one, andspeed regulation is secured by an electric controller, whichgives ab

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