Mount Parker Cable Car Explained

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Mount Parker Cable Car
Native Name:柏架山吊車
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Pushpin Map:Hong Kong
Status:Demolished
Coordinates:22.2668°N 114.2134°W (Quarry Gap terminus)
Start:King's Road, Quarry Bay
End:Quarry Gap, Mount Parker
Elev Low:10m (30feet)
Elev High:320m (1,050feet)
No Stations:2
Owner:Swire
Line Length:2.3km (01.4miles)
Map State:collapse

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 顏寧 . 2017-07-13 . 【多圖】全港最早吊車喺邊? 清朝畫家見過都話:巧奪天工 . zh-HK . HK01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005426/https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E5%8D%80%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C/104531/%E5%A4%9A%E5%9C%96-%E5%85%A8%E6%B8%AF%E6%9C%80%E6%97%A9%E5%90%8A%E8%BB%8A%E5%96%BA%E9%82%8A-%E6%B8%85%E6%9C%9D%E7%95%AB%E5%AE%B6%E8%A6%8B%E9%81%8E%E9%83%BD%E8%A9%B1-%E5%B7%A7%E5%A5%AA%E5%A4%A9%E5%B7%A5 . 2018-11-22 . 2018-11-21.
  2. Web site: 香港的吊車:靠架空的索道行走 觀景角度特佳. Chinese.
  3. Web site: Ling. Jade. April 2020. Taikoo Cable Car and Historical Trail. 4 September 2023. swire.com. Swire HK Archive Service. PDF.