How far did the cable car fall in Italy?

When the haulage cable snapped, in very close proximity to the summit station at low speed, the cabin careered downhill until it collided with a pylon, then fell about 54 meters (180 ft) before tumbling down the steep slope of the mountain, stopping after impacting trees.



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Since its opening, the 6 kilometer Grindelwald-Männlichen Gondola Cableway has been the longest cableway in the world. The journey lasts 30 minutes and offers riders stunning views of the Jungfrau Mountain and Eiger Mountain in the Bernese Alps.

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It turns out that this is handled with huge underground counterweights that pull back on the bull wheels and keep the cables at just the right degree of tension. All in all, a pretty nifty piece of engineering.

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Stopping a cable car These are crew-activated by foot pedals on both ends of the California cars, and on the front end of the Powell cars. A conductor's lever on the rear platform activates rear track brakes on Powell cars. Track brakes are simply pieces of wood located between the wheel sets on the cars.

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