Andrew Smith Hallidie

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businessman cable car pioneer engineer inventor

Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.

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Label	Occurrences
Andrew Smith Hallidie canonical	5
Andrew Hallidie	1
John Hallidie	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessman ⓘ cable car pioneer ⓘ engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ
birthDate	1836-03-16 ⓘ
birthPlace	London, England ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deathDate	1900-04-24 ⓘ
deathPlace	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
developed	cable-driven street railway technology ⓘ
emigratedFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
emigratedTo	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	Hallidie ⓘ
fieldOfWork	transportation engineering ⓘ wire rope technology ⓘ
fullName	Andrew Smith Hallidie self-link ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Andrew ⓘ
implementedIn	San Francisco cable car system ⓘ surface form: San Francisco cable car network
industry	manufacturing ⓘ transportation ⓘ
influenced	urban transit systems using cable traction ⓘ
knownFor	advancing wire rope manufacture and use ⓘ introducing cable-hauled street railways in San Francisco ⓘ pioneering the San Francisco cable car system ⓘ
legacy	considered a key figure in the history of San Francisco’s cable cars ⓘ recognized as an early innovator in wire rope applications ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableInvention	San Francisco cable car system ⓘ improvements in wire rope ⓘ
notableWorkLocation	San Francisco cable car system ⓘ surface form: San Francisco cable car lines
occupation	engineer ⓘ industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ
origin	English-born ⓘ
placeOfActivity	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
residence	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
usedTechnology	cable haulage ⓘ wire rope ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Francisco cable car system → openedBy → Andrew Smith Hallidie ⓘ

San Francisco cable car system → designer → Andrew Smith Hallidie ⓘ

Andrew Smith Hallidie → fullName → Andrew Smith Hallidie self-link ⓘ

Hallidie → hasNotableBearer → Andrew Smith Hallidie ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Hallidie

Hallidie → usesTechnologyDevelopedBy → Andrew Smith Hallidie ⓘ

subject surface form: San Francisco cable car system

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Andrew Smith Hallidie ⓘ

subject surface form: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

this entity surface form: Andrew Hallidie