Peter von Bleichert
ASIN: B00DJZ6QSI
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 164
In 1924, Germany's 'Adolf Bleichert & Co.' celebrated its 50th Anniversary. By the time of this occasion, the company had designed and built the world's record holding wire ropeways: Longest and highest elevation (Argentina); Length of system over water (New Caledonia); Steepest (Tanzania); Highest capacity (France); Northernmost (Norway); and, Southernmost (Chile).Written by the great-great grandson of the company's founder, this book includes over 100 pictures and detailed engineering drawings that explore the legendary company's history, and several of its record-holding systems.Please visit 'Bleichert's Wire Ropeways' on Facebook for information and news of relevance to the book.