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| View of Albuquerque from tramway station |
Took flight #4 on the Sandia Peak Tramway here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The overlook of Albuquerque is beautiful offering 11,000 square miles of panoramic view. Sandia Peak is 10,378 feet high. The aerial tramway is 2.7 miles of sky-view travel to the peak. The tram ride takes 14 minutes each way at a speed of 13.6 Mph. The tramway was manufactured by Bell Engineering of Lucerne, Switzerland and constructed between 1964-1966 at a cost of 2 million dollars. It is a double reversible passenger aerial tramway. Five thousand helicopter trips were made during construction of Tower 2 and the cable installation. New tram cars were installed in May of 1986, and the cables were redone in 1998.
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| Our ride up Sandia Peak |
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| Our ride up Sandia Peak |
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| Our ride up Sandia Peak |
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| View going up |
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| View going up |
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View at the top
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| We made it to the top |
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| View going down |
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| View on the way down |
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| Nothing like being on a tightrope! |
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