Straphangers & grippers
Subtitle: the ups and downs of the Mornington cable-car system, 1883 to 1957
By: Bill Campbell, Ray Hargreaves
Publisher: Otago Heritage Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dunedin [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Cable Railroads; History; Street-railroads; Local transit
Other titles: Straphangers and Grippers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1883-1928 (The early years; title: Company control; title: The Borough years, 1903-1915; title: The first years of city control) / Ray Hargreaves; title: 1929-1957 (Best paying tramway on town; title: End of the line is in sight; title: Hang on if you can; title: Judgement & muscle; title: Toe hold & fingerhold; title: Song of the rope; title: Two million customers a year; title: Memories of Mayhill; title: After the cable-cars) / Bill Campbell.