John's Wire Rope Company

Case Summary

Established the American wire rope industry, helped drag elevators up and down new tall buildings; pull funiculars up steep hills; power rigs, derricks, and cranes all over the nation; hold up suspension bridges of prodigious length; and drive mass transit cable car systems all over the United States.

Source

Title

Making Wire Rope and the Wire Rope Industry (1840–48)

Type

academic paper

Year

2020

Confidence Score

80%