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.
Mount Parker Cable Car 柏架山吊車 | |||
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Overview | |||
Status | Demolished | ||
Country | British Hong Kong | ||
Coordinates | 22°16′00″N 114°12′48″E / 22.2668°N 114.2134°E (Quarry Gap terminus) | ||
Termini | King's Road, Quarry Bay Quarry Gap, Mount Parker | ||
Elevation | lowest: 10 metres (33 ft) highest: 320 metres (1,050 ft) | ||
No. of stations | 2 | ||
Open | 1892 | ||
Closed | 1932 | ||
Operation | |||
Owner | Swire | ||
Technical features | |||
Line length | 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) | ||
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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]