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[SB012BBD], Letter from Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Co, Erastus Wiman to Thomas Alva Edison, September 22nd, 1882

Title: [SB012BBD], Letter from Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Co, Erastus Wiman to Thomas Alva Edison, September 22nd, 1882
Editor's Notes: Encloses SB012BBE. Pls remember your promise to let me see test of elect rwy. Would like to see principle test on small Staten Isl rwy we plan to build. "Enormous tide" near proposed tracks; possible to use this for power, as force of water is used at Munich? [maps and prospctus follow]
Author: Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Co; Wiman, Erastus
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: Menlo Park Laboratory
Date: 1882-09-22
Type: Letter
Subject: Energy and power; Electric traction
Folder ID: SB012-F
Microfilm ID: 89:447
Document ID: SB012BBD
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/SB012BBD
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 89
License: CC0 1.0 Universal

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