[PRCo] Oil City counterbalance(!)

[Daria Phoebe Brashear]

Mechanical details. Apparently Smithman planned to patent it, which means I
should be able to find the patent.

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


On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Daria Phoebe Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Keep poking, find answers. The counterweight was on Washington Ave.
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=vXtHAAAAYAAJ&pg=
> PP121&dq=%22oil+city%22++%22trolley%22+%22weight%22&hl=
> en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_tbjHkeraAhULkVQKHftXAdkQ6AEIKT
> AA#v=onepage&q=%22oil%20city%22%20%20%22trolley%22%20%22weight%22&f=false
>
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Daria Phoebe Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Aha!
>>
>> 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=0a
>> hUKEwjbrb2zpOfaAhWKr1QKHSfSAKoQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22oil%
>> 20city%22%20counterweight%20trolley&f=false
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:04 PM, Daria Phoebe Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Turns out Oil City also had a counterweighted trolley climb, apparently.
>>> I had no idea!
>>>
>>> https://books.google.com/books?id=-lsyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=
>>> PA292&dq=%22Morgan+Park%22+counterbalance&source=bl&ots=xnXe
>>> SC7RY2&sig=i66tz1CschrNZkwoJiA7D-Jl_Rc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE
>>> wi4yOSQ6uXaAhXR31QKHTh4AcwQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=%22Morgan%
>>> 20Park%22%20counterbalance&f=false
>>>
>>>
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>>> Daria Phoebe Brashear
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>>> dariaphoebe.com
>>>
>>>
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>> Daria Phoebe Brashear
>> AuriStor, Inc
>> dariaphoebe.com
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> Daria Phoebe Brashear
> AuriStor, Inc
> dariaphoebe.com
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Daria Phoebe Brashear
AuriStor, Inc
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