cable1

bm7134 - Jun 10, 2023 4:25 pm - Hasn't voted

Abandoned today, Mine La Mexicana was built in 1905-1908. The "Cablecarril" was used for transporting ore further than 35 kilometers, which is probably a record for a cable car even nowadays. The cable ropeway crosses several mountain ridges, has about 300 supports, and 9 electric power-driven motor stations. All of them are non-working, but still exist. Total elevation difference is from 5000m-1200m. The ore-car traveled to the terminal station in the town of Chilecito (province of La Rioja) for about 6 hours and was reloaded there in the mainline railway cars and next went to Europe by ships.This mine supplied factories with copper ore during the WWI.
https://www.summitpost.org/mountain-belgrano-6100m/1077967