Telpherage

Telpherage is a form of light electric railway devised by Fleeming Jenkin. A single wire, suspended in the air on posts, supports a series of pendant trucks, whose framework is bent so as to bring the centre of gravity of the load under the wire. This train is propelled by an electro-motor, a current being conducted to it by the line wire by a variety of ingenious devices. Such a line was erected some years ago at Glynde, in Sussex, but the system does not as yet seem to have proved a practical success.