Mount Parker Cable Car
The Mount Parker Cable Car was a cable car system in Hong Kong, connecting Quarry Gap (between Mount Parker and Mount Butler) and Quarry Bay near the present location of Yau Man Street.
| Mount Parker Cable Car 柏架山吊車 | |||
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 Mount Parker Cable Car (c. 1919–1920, from Quarry Gap) | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Status | Demolished | ||
| Country | British Hong Kong | ||
| Coordinates | 22.2668°N 114.2134°E (Quarry Gap terminus) | ||
| Termini | King's Road, Quarry Bay Quarry Gap, Mount Parker | ||
| Elevation | lowest: 10 metres (33 ft) highest: 320 metres (1,050 ft) | ||
| No. of stations | 2 | ||
| Open | 1892 | ||
| Closed | 1932 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Owner | Swire | ||
| Technical features | |||
| Line length | 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) | ||
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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
- 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.
- "香港的吊車：靠架空的索道行走 觀景角度特佳" (in Chinese).
- Ling, Jade (April 2020). "Taikoo Cable Car and Historical Trail" (PDF). swire.com (PDF). Swire HK Archive Service. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
External links
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- Taikoo Ropeway (1891–1932) at gwulo.com
- "Hong Pak Country Trail". hkwalkers.net. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.
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