<div dir="ltr">Mechanical details. Apparently Smithman planned to patent it, which means I should be able to find the patent.<br><br><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AUE_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA430&dq=%22oil+city%22++%22trolley%22+%22900+feet%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjro6uNk-raAhUqw1QKHS7eAwQQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22oil%20city%22%20%20%22trolley%22%20%22900%20feet%22&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=AUE_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA430&dq=%22oil+city%22++%22trolley%22+%22900+feet%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjro6uNk-raAhUqw1QKHS7eAwQQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22oil%20city%22%20%20%22trolley%22%20%22900%20feet%22&f=false</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Daria Phoebe Brashear <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shadow@gmail.com" target="_blank">shadow@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Keep poking, find answers. The counterweight was on Washington Ave.<br><br><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vXtHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP121&dq=%22oil+city%22++%22trolley%22+%22weight%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_tbjHkeraAhULkVQKHftXAdkQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22oil%20city%22%20%20%22trolley%22%20%22weight%22&f=false" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/<wbr>books?id=vXtHAAAAYAAJ&pg=<wbr>PP121&dq=%22oil+city%22++%<wbr>22trolley%22+%22weight%22&hl=<wbr>en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_<wbr>tbjHkeraAhULkVQKHftXAdkQ6AEIKT<wbr>AA#v=onepage&q=%22oil%20city%<wbr>22%20%20%22trolley%22%20%<wbr>22weight%22&f=false</a><br><br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Daria Phoebe Brashear <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shadow@gmail.com" target="_blank">shadow@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Aha!<br><br><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IeZQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=%22oil+city%22+counterweight+trolley&source=bl&ots=5A7rtMklib&sig=zwOQJyxgZ4xnfVq1gpEhqqiVi3g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbrb2zpOfaAhWKr1QKHSfSAKoQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22oil%20city%22%20counterweight%20trolley&f=false" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books<wbr>?id=IeZQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=<wbr>PA69&dq=%22oil+city%22+counter<wbr>weight+trolley&source=bl&ots=<wbr>5A7rtMklib&sig=zwOQJyxgZ4xnfVq<wbr>1gpEhqqiVi3g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0a<wbr>hUKEwjbrb2zpOfaAhWKr1QKHSfSAKo<wbr>Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22oil%<wbr>20city%22%20counterweight%<wbr>20trolley&f=false</a><br><br></div><div class="m_-7800266062319471110HOEnZb"><div class="m_-7800266062319471110h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:04 PM, Daria Phoebe Brashear <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shadow@gmail.com" target="_blank">shadow@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I was surprised to find out that San Francisco used to have a counterbalance when I visited in March. Well, I'm thinking about it again because I'm back in SF again today, and so I did some reading.<br><br></div>Turns out Oil City also had a counterweighted trolley climb, apparently. I had no idea!<br><br><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-lsyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=%22Morgan+Park%22+counterbalance&source=bl&ots=xnXeSC7RY2&sig=i66tz1CschrNZkwoJiA7D-Jl_Rc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4yOSQ6uXaAhXR31QKHTh4AcwQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=%22Morgan%20Park%22%20counterbalance&f=false" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books<wbr>?id=-lsyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=<wbr>PA292&dq=%22Morgan+Park%22+cou<wbr>nterbalance&source=bl&ots=xnXe<wbr>SC7RY2&sig=i66tz1CschrNZkwoJiA<wbr>7D-Jl_Rc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE<wbr>wi4yOSQ6uXaAhXR31QKHTh4AcwQ6AE<wbr>ILzAB#v=onepage&q=%22Morgan%<wbr>20Park%22%20counterbalance&f=<wbr>false</a><span class="m_-7800266062319471110m_1329064832642951239HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br clear="all"><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="m_-7800266062319471110m_1329064832642951239m_-3024493871696927400gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Daria Phoebe Brashear<br></div><div>AuriStor, Inc<br></div><div><a href="http://dariaphoebe.com" target="_blank">dariaphoebe.com</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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