"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at
12:22:22 on Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Tom Anderson
remarked:

Cablecars tend to go *up* things. Are there any that are built in
the complete absence of a steep slope? By 'complete absence', i
mean without a slope anywhere along; Barcelona's, for example, is
on the level between the foot of Montjuic and the port, but it's
there because there's a big slope from the foot of Montjuic to
the top of Montjuic.

The cable-car at Alton Towers goes across a valley, rather than
"up a hill".

Okay, good one. There, i think we have an auxiliary reason for
cable-cars, which is that they're cool, and at a theme park, that's
a good enough reason.

Which is why there is a proposal for a cross Thames cablecar in
Docklands. The route would be Canary Wharf- the Dome- Canning Town,
and perhaps on, up the Lea, to the Olympics site at Stratford;
cheap, quick to install, reasonably non controversial, so long as it
keeps clear of City Airport, and with the same tourist potential as
the London Eye.

If it turns out not to work, you could probably even sell the remains
second hand.

Jeremy Parker