The great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. A large Cylindrical metal dumper overturns railroad coal cars to dump contents into a ship, at the rate of two cars per minute. It rolls up an incline,with a coal car inside, turning the coal car upside down to empty it. This is repeated twice. Then the empty coal car is moved out and a new full one arrives ready to enter the dumper. (Edison Company, June, 1897)
Shows the private electric railway of Armour & Co. in the packing company's Chicago yards. Electric trolley passes along tracks. Men stand on the electric trolley, which is filled with. Cartons. (Filmed by Edison Company)
A herd of long-horn cattle herded through the Chicago stock yard gates on the way to the slaughter house. Man seen prodding a few with a long pole. (Filmed by Edison Company, July, 1897)
The Northern Pacific Railroad Overland Express arrives at Helena, Montana. A number of persons are waiting on the station platform, and a baggage wagon is seen. Behind the steam locomotive of the arriving train are four express cars, and behind them seven coaches and Pullmans. Passengers get on and off, and baggage and articles are loaded and unloaded. ( Edison Company film, copyrighted April 4,1900, but believed to be actually filmed about July 1897, when much attention was focused on the Klondike Gold Rush and capabilities of railroads in the Northwestern U.S.)
Santa Rosa Roundup PRCA Rodeo in Vernon, Texas. Participants of Santa Rosa Roundup PRCA Rodeo, parade. Spectators watch the rodeo. A horse rider on horse back, comes out from chute and performs on ground. The performer falls on the ground. Cattle come out from chute and their riders perform. A bull rider falls down.
Transport and infrastructure in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Incline railways carry passengers up and down the steep Pittsburgh hills. Automobiles driven onto incline railway car. Views of incline railways in operation, including point of view footage as seen from within a moving incline railway car. The business district of Pittsburgh. Automobiles, pedestrians, horse drawn vehicle traffic on the street in the industrial district. Pedestrians walking on wide sidewalk with Union Station (Pennsylvania Station, or also called Penn Station) in background, at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue, south of the Allegheny River. The Ford Motor Company Plant. Exterior view of the Moreland-Hoffstot House mansion in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh.
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