William Eppelsheimer (January 26, 1842 – June 9, 1920) was a tramway engineer known for his work on cable car systems.
He was born in Alzey in Germany and studied engineering at the Polytechnikum Karlsruhe.
Eppelsheimer designed the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco.
He later designed the Eppelsheimer bottom grip for the Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway, another San Francisco line, and this is still used by that city's surviving cable cars.
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