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[Skiing#1]

I would share with you about history "An Engineering Marvel at Park City"...I thought you would interesting to know this. Here are the pictures that you can see.

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[spunkyskier01]

this is funny, as i am reading a book on the topic western mining tramways. its hard to beleive that ropeways have been around since the 1870's, and altho we think of detachable tech being rather new, it too has been around well since the late 1800's. one of the most interesting lifts was almost 16 miles long

[SkiBachelor]

SAM Magazine published an issue that was totally dedicated to lifts and it was quite enjoyable to read about the history of the lift and how mining tramways started it all.

[truckintr]

down in the mines i belive the Onterio Mine, near Silver Lake Villege,
They still have two GIANT wheels down in the ground, that wwere used to turn the cables for the mine cars. They were built in peices, and once the mine shut down, they decided to keep them in place, rather than to tear them apart and take them out.

This post has been edited by truckintr: 31 August 2006 - 11:42 AM

[Jonni]

SkiBachelor, on Aug 31 2006, 01:14 AM, said:

SAM Magazine published an issue that was totally dedicated to lifts and it was quite enjoyable to read about the history of the lift and how mining tramways started it all.

Which issue was that?

[SkiBachelor]

It's the May 1999 issue of SAM Magazine.

[liftmech]

Vons gave me a copy of Riding The High Wire, a small book about the history of mining tramways. Interesting read. Funny that detachable technology emerged, disappeared, then came back again as 'new'.
There are several mine trams left around Colorado, but you have to search for them as the old wooden structures don't stand up to time very well. Looks like the one in Park City has been well-preserved.

[coskibum]

here is a mining/sight seeing lift in CO from way back when: http://www.colorados...unrisetram.html

[yetigonecrazy]

theres so many cool old tramways all over the san juans here in CO. Any side canyon has its share, but the best places to look are the side canyons up the Animas between Silverton and Animas Forks. the stony pass one up cunningham gulch is really incredible.

[garthd]

Wow. That COskihistory page has some great pics. I love the wooden towers!

Garth

[spunkyskier01]

i too have read riding the highwire, and io must say it was very informative. its very interesting to see how big of a player Riblet was back in the 1800's.