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08-SEP-2005

LC4S9686.jpg

Hjälmaresund

At the tall pylons over the Hjälmaren straits it is not enough to keep the carrying cable in place just by its own weight, which is the default on the rest of the cableway. Strong side winds in combination with jerks in the wire due to the very long spans have forced the designers to clamp the wire which can be seen on this closeup. At a short section, the trolleys pass over a piece of rail under which the wire is tightly attached.

Also, here a closeup of the two-wire system can be seen. Whereas the right-hand side trolley holds the pulling wire up, the wire is supporting with the flywheel to the left

Canon EOS 1D Mark II
1/1250s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso200 full exif

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