International holidays - Cable Car Day

Ski tourism is developed in many countries around the world To transport athletes to snow-capped peaks, as well as to amusement parks, cableways are used They are also actively used to transport local residents In Armenia, the Tatev road connects 2 high-mountain villages, in Nizhny Novgorod - the banks of the Volga Both highways solve the problem of lack or shortage of transport Paying tribute to this miracle of engineering, Cable Car Day is celebrated on January 17th Cable Car Day was established in honor of Andrew Smith Holliday of San Francisco The American inventor owns the first patent for a cable car, issued on January 17, 1871 It took 2 years from obtaining a construction permit to bringing the idea of ​​an aerial tram to life In 1873, Holiday built the world's first cable car on Clay Street to serve a purely utilitarian function From that time on, highways began to be laid over the English Thames, the Table Mountains in Africa and the high mountain gorges of Switzerland Suspended highways are built not only over river valleys and in the mountains, but also in large cities The longest of them, 76 km long, is located in Gabon, Africa The road, which stands on 858 towers, was launched in 1962 It is not used for tourism purposes: its trolleys transport manganese ore mined in the mines of Gabon As in the 42 km long cable car from Sweden, which has been used since 1942 to transport marble and lime from the local cement plant The main line in Gabon competes with Hon Tom This road connects 2 Vietnamese islands, the distance between which is 789 km Tourists spend 15-20 minutes on the road, watching picturesque views of nature and fishing villages from cabins Another cable car in Vietnam, Vinpearl, was built to transport travelers from the mainland to Hon Tre Island, where there is a large amusement park with attractions Vinpearl Cable Car, with a length of 33 km, is the longest road in the world that is located over the sea Tourists get to the peaks of the Gulmarg resort in India, standing at an altitude of 2,700 m, along a 5 km long cable car This Himalayan cable-pulled road is considered the highest: the trolleys float over the gorges at an altitude of 3,100 - 4,114 m above sea level The Peak 2 Peak Gondola in Canada connects two mountain peaks - Whisler and Blackcomb The funicular is known for its record distance between supports - 3 km, which is the longest length for a cable car of this type In Russia, as well as throughout the world, cable lifts are used to transport tourists This is the Psekhako-II-AZ road in Sochi, serving up to 3,000 people per hour, and the high-mountain highway in Crimea, whose trolleys run along the route Miskhor - Sosnovy Bor - Ai-Petri There are no intermediate towers between the last two landing stations This became the basis for including the Crimean cable car in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest unsupported span in Europe Cable-powered lifts move hundreds of thousands of people around the world in trolleys, cabins and chairs every day In honor of the invention of this type of transport, Cable Car Day was established, which is celebrated annually on January 17