Sugarloaf Cable Car Sugarloaf Cable Car The Sugarloaf Cable Car () is a cableway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Moving between Praia Vermelha and the Sugarloaf Mountain, it stops at Morro da Urca (at ) on its way up and down, and reaches the summit of the mountain. The cableway was envisioned by the engineer Augusto Ferreira Ramos in 1908 who sought support from well-known figures of Rio's high society to promote its construction. Opened in 1912, it was only the third cableway to be built in the world. In 1972 the cars were updated, growing from a capacity of 22 to 75,
Sugarloaf Mountain, (South Carolina) Sugarloaf Mountain, (South Carolina) "This is a traditional gathering place for over a century, and is maintained on Sand Hills State Forest as a family recreational area. Known locally as "The Mountain", Sugarloaf is an unusual geological phenomenon towering a hundred feet above the surrounding terrain." Just off US highway 1, near Patrick, South Carolina in the Sandhill Area of the state, is an unusual pile of sand, Sugarloaf Mountain. Once buried by the ocean, tides swept it up to create this phenomenon. There are lava rocks throughout to confirm this. As these rocks permeated the earth's crust, they quickly