#Concepts

Oct 28, 2013
Bristol Cable Car

The Bristol Cable Car — When “Concepts” Go Wrong

Purely by chance, I recently came across the above image for a conceptual urban gondola in Bristol, UK from five years back. Notice anything bizarre about it? Regular readers of this site (and a whole industry of ropeway technicians and engineers) will notice immediately that the concept presented is technologically impossible. While turning on towers...

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