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Emery cable way

Emery was a important industry at Naxos in the early 2000th century, tighter with the marble. Donkeys where used to transport it from the mountain area and down to the sea. But in the cable way was opened and made transportation of goods much easier. Several towns up in the mountains where dependent on the cable way. It is almost 9 kilometer long and reach a altitude of almost a 1000 meters. In 1978 transport on roads where preferred and the cable way was closed.

 

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Uploaded on July 21, 2016
Taken on June 17, 2016