LONG AERIAL CABLE
W ORK IN VENEZU EL A. TO BEAK I KI2I MLLES. Working is progressing iapi-Jy on >e long m rial freight «'ahk- Irmn tho eneztiela ri’y "* Maun ay io I urkinio 11’ below on tie? --ea while Odfln port being constructed, •hen complete.! the aelial >v>!em will fford fast inexpen ive transportation etween Mararay*.. which is situated n railway and highway line: counitng rich sections of the country, and ;-’i d’Up water seaport wh-ck is on nilway and very dill.cult of access bv oad. The cable system which will be wenty-one miles long. will run i n a irect line to I’oillavhuelo, then make sharp curve tu Turiamo. It will lead rom a height of 3500 feet above sen ev.el down to the water’s edge. The ysteni will be doubled packed, with ors capable of carry.ng 2000 pounds uoving in each, direction at a speed ol wo yards p'• second. Officials estimate the »ablr railway will have a •upa.-ity twenty-five tons an hour hissenge® will be carried a.t well at might.
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Grey River Argus, 6 September 1930, Page 11
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174LONG AERIAL CABLE Grey River Argus, 6 September 1930, Page 11
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