Bucket Trams

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Originally uploaded by Engineer Z.

It's been a while since I've posted... With the holidays and all, haven't had much of a chance.

Before I left work for the holidays, I visited one of our substations that serves a sand processing facility in rural central Ohio.   Sandstone is mined a couple of miles away and transported to the facility via a bucket tram.  I guess bucket trams were (are?) somewhat common in mining areas out west, but I had never seen such an operation before and found it pretty interesting.  Think of a ski lift, but instead of skiers, the tram moves buckets of sandstone.


Update: I have posted a short video on YouTube.