2008 Sichuan earthquake
One rescue team reported only 2,300 survivors from the town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County, out of a total population of about 9,000. 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in Beichuan County, Sichuan alone; in the same location, 10,000 people were injured and 80% of the buildings were destroyed. The old county seat of Beichuan was abandoned and preserved as part of the Beichuan Earthquake Museum. Eight schools were toppled in Dujiangyan. A 56-year-old was killed in Dujiangyan during a rescue attempt on the Lingyanshan Ropeway, where due to the earthquake 11 tourists from Taiwan had been trapped inside cable cars since May 13. A 4-year-old boy named Zhu Shaowei (traditional Chinese: 朱紹維; simplified Chinese: 朱绍维; pinyin: Zhū Shàowéi) was also killed in Mianzhu City when a house collapsed on him and another was reported missing.
Can Ladies Kill?
Can Ladies Kill? is a crime novel by British author Peter Cheyney first published in 1938 by William Collins, Sons & Co. Ltd. Set in San Francisco and featuring Cheyney's creation, G-Man Lemmy Caution, it belongs to the hardboiled school of crime writing.
Vishram Ghat
Vishram Ghat is a ghat, a bath and worship place, on the banks of river Yamuna in Mathura, India. It is the main ghat of Mathura and is central to 25 other ghats. The traditional parikrama starts and ends at Vishram Ghat. Lord Krishna is said to have rested at this place after killing Kansa.
Stein (Obersaxen)
The Stein (2,172 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Obersaxen in the canton of Graubünden. It lies between the main Rhine valley, the Surselva, and the Lumnezia. A cable car station (2,144 m) is located near the summit.
Jeff Heywood
Jeff Heywood (born December 20, 1951) is a former American racing driver from Mission Hills, California. A notable west coast sprint car racer, he raced in the 1980 CART Championship Car California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway in the Pacific Coast Racing Lightning-Offy. Starting 36th, he was knocked out after 14 laps by an oil leak and was credited with 32nd place.
Montjuïc Cable Car
The Montjuïc Cable Car (officially Telefèric de Montjuïc, in Catalan) is a gondola lift in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The cable car runs from a lower terminus adjacent to the Montjuïc Park upper station of the Montjuïc funicular, and climbs higher up the Montjuïc hill to a terminal near the Montjuïc Castle on the summit of the hill. At its midpoint, the line executes a 90 degree turn and the cabins pass through Mirador station, although only down-bound cabins stop at this point.
André Chagnon
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of an electrician, he began his work career by laying underground cables, eventually starting his own contracting company Chagnon Electric, in 1957, which he later sold to his employees. In 1964, he founded the cable company Le Groupe Vidéotron which grew into one of Canada's largest telecommunications companies.
Paul America
On October 19, 1982, Paul America was struck by a car and killed while walking home from a dental appointment in Ormond Beach, Florida.
Southampton
During the latter half of the 20th century, a more diverse range of industry also came to the city, including aircraft and car manufacture, cables, electrical engineering products, and petrochemicals. These now exist alongside the city's older industries of the docks, grain milling, and tobacco processing.
Santorini cable car
The Santorini cable car connects the port with the town of Thera in Santorini island in Greece. It was constructed as a donation of the “Loula & Evangelos Nomikos Foundation”. The cable car was built by Doppelmayr, has a capacity of 1,200 people per hour (600 per hour in each direction). The journey takes 3 minutes.
Pfänderbahn
The Pfänderbahn is a cable car in Bregenz in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. It connects the valley at 419 meters above sea level with the 1022 meter high mountain station near the Pfänderspitze.
Mater (Cars)
Sir Tow Mater, KBE most commonly referred to as Tow Mater or simply Mater is a major character in Cars and its sequels, Cars 2 and Cars 3 as well as Cars Toons. He is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy and inspired by a 1956 - 57 International Harvester tow truck. Portrayed as Holley Shiftwell's best friend and Lightning McQueen's best friend and sidekick, he had a breakout role in Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales and in other media related to Cars.
Winteregg railway station
Winteregg is a railway station on the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren, a hybrid cable car and rail link that connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Winteregg is the point at which trains on the rail link between Lauterbrunnen and Mürren pass.
London
London's first and only cable car, known as the Emirates Air Line, opened in June 2012. Crossing the River Thames, linking Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks in the east of the city, the cable car is integrated with London's Oyster Card ticketing system, although special fares are charged. Costing £60 million to build, it carries over 3,500 passengers every day, although this is very much lower than its capacity. Similar to the Santander Cycles bike hire scheme, the cable car is sponsored in a 10-year deal by the airline Emirates.
Killing Car
"Killing Car" was released in France on DVD as part of the Jean Rollin collection from LCJ Editions on 15 November 2004.
How to Save a Life
``How to Save a Life ''Single by The Fray from the album How to Save a Life Released March 26, 2006 Format Digital download CD Genre Alternative rock Length 4: 23 (album version) 3: 58 (radio edit) Label Epic Songwriter (s) Isaac Slade Joe King Producer (s) Mike Flynn Aaron Johnson The Fray singles chronology`` Over My Head (Cable Car)'' (2005) ``How to Save a Life ''(2006)`` Look After You'' (2007) ``Over My Head (Cable Car) ''(2005)`` How to Save a Life'' (2006) ``Look After You ''(2007) The Fray UK singles chronology`` How to Save a Life'' (2007) ``Over My Head (Cable Car) ''(2007) Audio sample file help
San Francisco cable car system
San Francisco cable car system Cable car on Powell Street Overview Owner San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Area served Chinatown, Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Union Square Locale San Francisco Transit type Cable car Number of lines Line number 59 Powell - Mason 60 Powell - Hyde 61 California St. Number of stations 62 Daily ridership 20,100 (2014) Annual ridership 7,409,400 (2014) Headquarters San Francisco Cable Car Museum Website sfmta.com Operation Began operation California St. line: 1878 Powell - Mason line: 1888 Powell - Hyde line: 1957 Operator (s) San Francisco Municipal Railway Reporting marks MUNI Character Street running with some reserved right - of - ways Number of vehicles California St. line: 12 double - ended cars Powell - Mason / Hyde lines: 28 single - ended cars Train length 1 grip car Technical System length California St. line: 1.4 mi (2.3 km) Powell - Mason line: 1.6 mi (2.6 km) Powell - Hyde line: 2.1 mi (3.4 km) No. of tracks Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Top speed 9.5 mph (15.3 km / h) hide System map
Alps
Some high mountain villages, such as Avoriaz (in France), Wengen, and Zermatt (in Switzerland) are accessible only by cable car or cog-rail trains, and are car free. Other villages in the Alps are considering becoming car free zones or limiting the number of cars for reasons of sustainability of the fragile Alpine terrain.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Principal photography on the film began on 15 May 2016 in Birmingham. Filming also took place in Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden. The cable car and antidote factory scenes were shot on Skyway Monte Bianco and Pointe Helbronner, located in Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, in northern Italy and Sri Lanka (dompe pola gawa, biyagama yabaraluwa). On 13 September 2016, Kingsman: The Golden Circle completed initial filming. Additional footage was filmed on location in London in December 2016.
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car lines runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away.
When did cable cars start in the city where Can Ladies Kill? was located?
Which place is Can Ladies Kill? in?
San Francisco
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