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Definition of Telferage
1. Noun. A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity.
Terms within: Telfer, Telpher
Generic synonyms: Transit, Transportation, Transportation System
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telferage
Literary usage of Telferage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1902)
"What is the present development of the so-called telferage System for moving
either Freight or Passengers? What are the conditions under which that System ..."
2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1903)
"What is the present development of the so-called telferage System for moving
either Freight or Passengers? What are the conditions under which that System ..."
3. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"By means of a telferage line 1 kilometre in length, it is carried to the port,
where it is roughly refined by melting at 160° to 170° in open vessels heated ..."
4. The Obvious Orient by Albert Bushnell Hart (1911)
"... the Standard Oil Company kerosene tins, telferage for the transportation of
materials over mountainous regions, tramways, telephones, telegraphs, ..."
5. Columbia War Papers by Columbia University, Division of Intelligence and Publicity (1917)
"(2) In a large stable, a telferage, overhead, system of manure transport is
desirable. (3) Manure sinks should be constructed of concrete. ..."
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