Mount Parker Cable Car

Cable car system in Hong Kong
22°16′00″N 114°12′48″E / 22.2668°N 114.2134°E / 22.2668; 114.2134 (Quarry Gap terminus)TerminiKing's Road, Quarry Bay
Quarry Gap, Mount ParkerElevationlowest:  10 metres (33 ft)
highest: 320 metres (1,050 ft)No. of stations2Open1892 (1892)Closed1932 (1932)OperationOwnerSwireTechnical featuresLine length2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi)
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The Mount Parker Cable Car was a Aerial tramway system in Hong Kong, connecting Quarry Gap (between Mount Parker and Mount Butler) and Quarry Bay near the present location of Yau Man Street.

The 2.3 kilometre-long cable car was built to provide a means of transport for employees of the Swire Group between the staff quarters uphill, and Taikoo Dockyard and Taikoo Sugar Refinery downhill.[1] It operated between 1892 and 1932.[2] The path of the cable car left by the stubs of the supporting concrete pillars is partially accessible and can be hiked in around 90 minutes.[3]

References

  1. ^ 顏寧 (13 July 2017). "【多圖】全港最早吊車喺邊？ 清朝畫家見過都話：巧奪天工". HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ "香港的吊車：靠架空的索道行走 觀景角度特佳" (in Chinese).
  3. ^ Ling, Jade (April 2020). "Taikoo Cable Car and Historical Trail" (PDF). swire.com (PDF). Swire HK Archive Service. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

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