5149 x 3433 px | 43,6 x 29,1 cm | 17,2 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
6. September 2005
Ort:
Llandudno, Wales
Weitere Informationen:
The Great Orme Tramway (Welsh: Tramffordd y Gogarth) is a cable-hauled 3 ft 6 in (1, 067 mm) gauge tramway in Llandudno in north Wales. This is Great Britain's only remaining cable operated street tramway and one of only three surviving in the world. Operation of the tramway differs from the famous and unique San Francisco system in that it is not a cable car but rather a street running funicular (similar to the Lisbon system), where the cars are permanently fixed to the cable and are stopped and started by stopping and starting the cable. The tramway was built in 1902 to take passengers to the summit of the Great Orme and is in two sections. The lower section is built on or alongside the public road and has gradients as steep as 1 in 3.8. The upper section is less steep with a maximum gradient of 1 in 10.
