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Definition of Trolley line
1. Noun. A transit line using streetcars or trolley buses.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trolley Line
Literary usage of Trolley line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The first practical overhead-trolley line was built in Kansas City in 1884, in
which double overhead conductors were used with a trolley- wheel riding on ..."
2. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"A rolling contact-wheel that moves over a trolley line and carries off the current
required to drive the motor cars. Trolley Base. ..."
3. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"Very poor voltage regulation may occur at the end of a trolley line, due to
insufficient ... Battery floating at end of trolley line. Example. ..."
4. Hawaiian America: Something of Its History, Resources, and Prospects by Caspar Whitney (1899)
"Hilo has a population of about 13000, a hotel, electric light, a small wharf,
and a prospective trolley-line to the volcano. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1903)
"Trolley-line insulators are subjected to heating and cooling. ... Again, I find
that the difficulty with most trolley-line insulators isthat long before the ..."
6. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"The trolley line's charges were cheaper than what teaming had cost ... Of course,
taking .1 quarter out of your pocket and giving it to the trolley line ..."
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