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[SB012AAC], Letter from Rockaway Elevated Railroad Co, William Willshire Riley to Thomas Alva Edison, May 28th, 1880

Title: [SB012AAC], Letter from Rockaway Elevated Railroad Co, William Willshire Riley to Thomas Alva Edison, May 28th, 1880
Editor's Notes: Your demo of electric motor last Tues so satisfactory, would like to put it in service on Rockaway Elevated Rail-Road [writer is prez], provided you can adapt & build it quick. Marg: "Write and say cannot go into building apparatus yet. The apparatus Road here is merely for experimetal purposes & can do nothing in way of biz until our experiments are completed."
Author: Rockaway Elevated Railroad Co; Riley, William Willshire
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Date: 1880-05-28
Type: Letter
Subject: Manufacturing; Electric traction; Motors
Folder ID: SB012-F
Microfilm ID: 89:252
Document ID: SB012AAC
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/SB012AAC
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
License: CC0 1.0 Universal
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 89

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