"telpher line" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1883, Fleming Jenkin, “On Telpherage”, in Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, volume 29, page 511:",
          "text": "It must not be supposed that I look on the new telpher lines as likely to compete with railways or injure their traffic.",
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          "ref": "1905, Edwin James Houston, Electricity in Every-day Life:",
          "text": "As a rule, telpher lines are of comparatively limited length. Originally, all telpher lines consisted of an elevated road, formed of a wire cable, on which vantages electrically propelled cars ran.",
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          "ref": "1912 March 1, “Electric Telpher Lines in Small Gas Works”, in Gas Age, volume 30, page 212:",
          "text": "The question was finally decided by installing several new vertical retorts and an electric telpher line to replace manual charging and converying systems.",
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        "An electrically-powered track and cable designed for conveying freight-filled vehicles."
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          "track",
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          "filled",
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        "(transport) An electrically-powered track and cable designed for conveying freight-filled vehicles."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "telpher road"
        }
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      "topics": [
        "transport"
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          "ref": "1883, Fleming Jenkin, “On Telpherage”, in Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, volume 29, page 511:",
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          "ref": "1905, Edwin James Houston, Electricity in Every-day Life:",
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          "ref": "1912 March 1, “Electric Telpher Lines in Small Gas Works”, in Gas Age, volume 30, page 212:",
          "text": "The question was finally decided by installing several new vertical retorts and an electric telpher line to replace manual charging and converying systems.",
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