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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD VOLUME I.
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Archibald Williams
Archibald Williams
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/ewotwv1.50907
ISBN print:
978-0-7277-5090-7
Publication date:
2011
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A WONDERFUL AERIAL ROPEWAY IN THE ANDES.

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Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1680/ewotwv1.50907.0012
  • Published:
    2011

  • Mining in Argentina.

  • The Famatina Mines.

  • Costly Transport of Ore.

  • A Cableway projected.

  • The System adopted.

  • Difficulty of Transporting Material.

  • Building the Towers.

  • Transporting the Ropes.

  • Intense Cold at High Altitudes.

  • Gradients of the Cableway.

  • Working the Cableway.

  • Automatic Rope-gripping Device.

  • Lubricating the Ropes.

  • Effects of the Cableway.

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