Blondin (quarry equipment)

A Blondin ropeway at Dinorwic quarry, Gwynedd
Blondin towers at Pen yr Orsedd Quarry[1]
A photograph of a Blondin at Pen yr Orsedd quarry.

Blondins (also known as Henderson Inclined Cableways[2]) were a type of material ropeway; they were named after the famous tightrope walker Charles Blondin.[3]

  1. ^ Hatherill, Slate Quarry Album, Blondins – Recollections of a crane inspector, John Hobbs, 1974, pp. 183-184
  2. ^ Henderson, John M. (1900). "The Development of cableways in Great Britain". Engineering Times. Vol. 2.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BoydOn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).