Inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie

Andrew Smith Hallidie

Living place: England

Birthday: 16-3-1836

Global rank: #64464

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Who is Inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie?
Remembered for his key role in the development of the Clay Street Hill Railroad San Francisco, he is also notable for his bridge-building efforts in Canada and the western United States, as well as for his successful business venture rope manufacturing.
In the late 1860s, he invented an aerial tram called the "Hallidie Cable Car."
 
 

Young / Before famous

He moved to California in his late teens and worked in the gold mine, bridge construction, and surveying industries.

Family life info

Having Scottish parents Andrew and Julia Smith, he spent his youth. in England and later moved to the United States, where he met and married Martha Elizabeth Woods.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie?
He is a modern fellow transport entrepreneur and inventor Elijah McCoy.

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When was Inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie born?
Andrew Smith Hallidie was born in 16-3-1836, death year is , at the age of 188.
Where is Inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Andrew Smith Hallidie was born in England. is a Inventor, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Andrew Smith Hallidie's global rank is 64464 and whose rank is 31 in list of famous Inventor.
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Events in 1836 and 16-3

Birthday Andrew Smith Hallidie (16-3) in history

  • Day 16-3 year 1521: Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines.
  • Day 16-3 year 1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published.
  • Day 16-3 year 1926: The first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof. Robert Goddard at Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket traveled 184 feet in 2.5 seconds.
  • Day 16-3 year 1935: Adolf Hitler cancelled the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • Day 16-3 year 1968: The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam.
  • Day 16-3 year 1978: Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Red Brigades.
  • Day 16-3 year 1985: U.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity.
  • Day 16-3 year 1988: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their role in the Iran-contra affair.
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