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Hong Kong,

China

1920

 
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The Peak Tramway, Hongkong

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This funicular railway carries residents and tourists to the upper part of the island

The history of the Peak Tramway dates back to 1881 when the owner of a hotel situated on the Peak, asked to build a funicular railway. A funicular railway on a mountain is pulled by a moving cable and has counterbalancing cars, which ascend and descend. It took three years to construct this revolutionary
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