Aerial ropeway, Emu Plains
1958-1959
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A continuous ropeway was constructed from McCanns Island on the Nepean River at Emu Plains to the dam site at Warragamba. It supplied the site with sand and gravel from Castlereagh. The ropeway ran for nineteen kilometres and carried 600 buckets. The ropeway was locally known as the flying fox.
Title:
Aerial ropeway, Emu Plains
Date of work:
1958-1959
Search dates:
01 Jan 1958 - 31 Dec 1959
Reference number:
1890
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Photographs
Part of:
Series: General Photographic Collection
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
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Record number:
312855