Talk:Sky Ride
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The following material was stashed in the body of the article, commented out. As the original author of this article, I put it there thinking I'd like to try to make use of it later. Since that doesn't seem to be common practice, (someone just deleted it and I had to fish it out of the history) I'm bringing it here so it does not get lost/forgotten:
[edit] a link to the location
(was Meigs field for a while ... now being redeveloped after Mayor Daley had Meigs Field bulldozed)
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.861954,-87.605066&spn=0.024078,0.040851&hl=en
[edit] Patent details
I have a family heirloom, a U.S.Patent granted to William Lindsay Hamilton, his heirs relating to "Ropeways and the like". I understand that William Hamilton designed the Transporter Bridge. The Patent number is 1501333 and was granted in Washington on 15th July, 1924
Signed
Archie Hamilton Glasgow, Scotland, U.K 81.102.38.183 20:23, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
