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People are hanging from the side as usual, but that doesn't stop other people from getting on. The outside positions are the most desirable, so other people climb in. It's possible to get more than 75 people in a single cable car.
Factory built in around 1912 for local man Harold W. Smith, specialising in cables and cabling for the mining industry. One of only four works in the country that could produce braided electrical cables at the outbreak of the First World War, as a result was awarded contracts from the Ministry of War producing parts for the 'D mk III' field telephone.
The workforce grew from 40 [1912] to 650 as well as works operating on a double shift pattern for the duration of the war. By 1918, 15,000 miles of electrical cable had been produced.
Post war slump resulted in the 'H. W. Smith & Co' works going into administration. Works bought by 'Edison Swan Electric Co' [later 'Associated Electrical Company' and Siemens] to produce power lines cabling.
During the Second World War, the works had [again!] one of the four machines in the country able to produce lead tubes. These tubes were used in the construction of 'PLUTO' 'Pipe-Line Underwater Transportation of Oil' / 'Pipe-Lines Under the Ocean' which were fuel lines between the Isle of Wight and France to support the invasion of Normandy, 'Operation Overlord'.
The cable works closed in 1966 and was bought by a paper & cardboard company 'Reed Paper Group' who manufactured packaging.
The factory closed in the mid-1990s.
Further reading;
rcsigs.ca/index.php/Telephone_Set_D_Mk_III
wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto
forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=6614#p6626
This cable scarf is knit with "Vanna's Choice" acrylic yarn in Oatmeal. I wanted something super-warm for our cold winters, and cable patterns make a nice dense knit. This was my "airport scarf" as I spent many hours stranded in an airport in January, and that's how I had time to finish this. One project done in an effort to reduce my stash!
Cable stitch stitched with twisted rayon, edged with Portuguese Stem Stitch in Mulberry Silk, this time with two wraps as per the instructions :)
The super quick bikes with electronic gears and hydraulic hoses concealed within the handlebars and frame are so much neater than what you can achieve with wired controls. This isn't too bad a configuration and keeps the cables out of harms way and out of the wind. Using electrical shrink wrap tubing has enabled me to create stops and padding outside of the cables to keep things in place as they exit the bars and enter the frame. The front brake cable takes a torturous route through the steerer column to actuate the front brake caliper which is concealed within the fork blades. You need a lot of patience and fiddling about to make that work succesfully.
Cable Grist Mill ~ Cades Cove Tennessee
A view of the old Cable grist mill in Cades Cove, Tennessee, inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The scenic old mill was built in the 1870's and as you can see, is being kept in a good state of repair.
My Karaoke Cable Scarf is one ball in--half done. I just measured it, and it's 26" long. About to add the second ball! =)
After two months of fighting back and forth with Time Warner Cable, a tech visited and spent about 3 hours in my building trying to find our problem. It was finally discovered that the cable wires in our building were so old that they had been chewed through by rats. Frustrated, I asked the tech why it took 2 full months and 3 or 4 tech visits to figure this out when it could have been resolved soon after move in. His supervisor also dropped in during this visit and although the tech was polite, the supervisor cut me off when I was talking and yelled that it wasn't their fault and they weren't doing anything about it. While this was technically true, I just wanted sympathy and maybe an apology for how long it took their imcompetent team to figure out what was going on. When I finally asked him to leave my apartment because I didn't like his tone, he grabbed his tools and slammed out of my front door, leaving my cable outlet looking like this.
I learned my lesson about dealing with TWC and got Dish Network instead and have been a happy customer since October.
Finally off the needles! Brooke's sweater was knit in bursts of activity and in between projects. I was going a little cable and bobble crazy. Cool, spring weather quickly turns to very warm temperatures in the Southwest so this sweater was speaking to me loudly as of late. I was almost finished when I noticed a giant mistake in the cable pattern at the BEGINNING of the second arm (the last piece of the sweater before finishing) ... having to unravel the entire arm and start over wasn't the funnest thing I ever did. Even then I had to argue with myself for almost 45 minutes before conceding. I made the sweater large so she can wear it in the fall and winter. Picot bind offs take so long when you are finally reaching the end! The sweater is off the needles. Wish I could say it is ready to wear, I still have to seam it up and tuck in those ends.
Made this following the Shedir pattern by Jenna Wilson. Its a little long, hence the brim. A percentage of the yarn is made from recycled plastic bottles, which was one of the reasons I bought it.
Pattern by Erica Alexander, from the book "Favorite Socks".
Knitted in Sterk by Du Store Alpaca on 3 mm needles.
I got amazed of this cable settings in Old Delhi, chadni chouk. Often thought how worried we can be about safety and yet, things do not occur so often...
Two cable Cars at the Hyde Street turnaround in San Francisco, California / USA.
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Zwei Cable Car am Wendeplatz der Hyde Street in San Francisco, Kalifornien / USA..
Taking an exhilarating Cable Car ride to the top of Gunung Mat Chinchang, 708m above sea level is an unforgettable experience. The 2.2km journey is full of heart-stopping thrills and its splendours are enhanced by the views across to the coast of southern Thailand and the surrounding islands that a clear day affords.
A remarkable piece of engineering, the Langkawi Cable Car was awarded by The Malaysia Book of Records for ‘the Longest Free Span Single Rope Cable Car - total length of 919.5 meters’ and it is one of the steepest gradients in the world at 42 degrees.
Protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the majestic Mat Chinchang Mountain range has been earmarked as one of the sites within the Langkawi Geopark development and it is part of the Mat Chinchang Formation, the oldest rock formation in the country with an age of about 550 million years.