Mount Parker Cable Car

Mount Parker Cable Car 柏架山吊車
Mount Parker Cable Car (c. 1919–1920, from Quarry Gap)
Overview
Status	Demolished
Country	British Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′00″N114°12′48″E / 22.2668°N 114.2134°E / 22.2668; 114.2134 (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 (1892)
Closed	1932 (1932)
Operation
Owner	Swire
Technical features
Line length	2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi)
Route map

The Mount Parker Cable Car was an 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.

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]

References

1. 顏寧 (13 July 2017). "【多圖】全港最早吊車喺邊？ 清朝畫家見過都話：巧奪天工". HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
2. "香港的吊車：靠架空的索道行走 觀景角度特佳" (in Chinese).
3. Ling, Jade (April 2020). "Taikoo Cable Car and Historical Trail" (PDF). swire.com (PDF). Swire HK Archive Service. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

External links

• Taikoo Ropeway (1891–1932) at gwulo.com
• "Hong Pak Country Trail". hkwalkers.net. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012.