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    In 1942, pinball machines were banned in New York, as they were seen to be a “game of luck”.

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An early cable car was patented by Andrew Smith Hallidie

On the 17th January, 1871, Andrew Smith Hallidie received a patent for his Improvement in Endless-Wire-Rope Ways, an early cable car.

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