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El cable aéreo minero de Bédar

Bédar, Levante Almeriense, Almería

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El cable aéreo minero de Bédar

Historical milestone · Bédar, Levante Almeriense, Almería

Image of Bédar, not of the place itself.

Bédar experienced an iron and lead mining boom in the 19th century; in 1888 an aerial cableway was installed to carry the ore to the port of Garrucha, replaced in 1896 by a narrow-gauge railway.

1888

Photo: Eco Center Bédar (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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