Asmara-Massawa Cableway

Asmara-Massawa Cableway

The Asmara-Massawa Cableway was built by Italians in the 1938 by Ceretti and Tanfani Italian engineering firm. in Eritrea. It connected the port of Massawa with the city of Asmara and ran a distance of some 40 kilometres. IT moved food, supplies and war materials for the ImperialItalian Army then conquering Ethiopia. The British later dismantled it in 1941 salvaging the diesel engines during their eleven year occupation after defeating the Italians in World War II. The towers stood for many years and were scrapped in the 1980s in the re-building following the civil war.

External links

* [http://www.trainweb.org/italeritrea/tramway.htm Extensive article by Mike Metras]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/italeritrea/teleferica1.htm Facsimile of "La Teleferica Massaua-Asmara" cableway brochure, translated by Mike Metras, Dave Engstrom, and Renato Guadino]


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