Andrew Smith Hallidie

Andrew Smith Hallidie‘s source of wealth comes from being a inventor. How much money is Andrew Smith Hallidie worth at the age of 188 and what’s his real net worth now?

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Andrew Smith Hallidie (born March 16, 1836) is famous for being inventor. He currently resides in England. Remembered for his key role in the development of San Francisco’s Clay Street Hill Railroad cable car system, he is also notable for his bridge building endeavors in Canada and the American West, as well as for his successful wire rope manufacturing business venture.

Andrew Smith Hallidie is a Pisces and was born in The Year of the Monkey

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Andrew Smith Hallidie was born in England on Wednesday, March 16, 1836 (G.I. Generation generation). He is 188 years old and is a Pisces. Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836–April 24, 1900) was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, USA. This was the world’s first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco cable car system, although both claims are open to dispute. He also introduced the manufacture of wire rope to California, and at an early age was a prolific builder of bridges in the Californian interior. In the late 1860s, he invented an aerial tram known as the “Hallidie ropeway.”

He moved to California in his teens and working in the gold mining, bridge construction, and surveying industries. Andrew Smith Hallidie is a member of Richest Celebrities and Inventors.