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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Georgia Brown

Soviet-era miners’ cable car in Georgia – in pictures

Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
A cable car travels over the Chiatura gorge Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
An emergency telephone inside the cabin of tramway 25 Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
A cable car leaves Chiatura's central station Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
A mosaic of Lenin and Stalin is displayed at the entrance to Chiatura's main cable car station Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet-era miners' cable car
The cabin of tramway 25 docks in the cable car shed Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
The cable car makes its way up the cliff against a backdrop of disused industrial buildings Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
A frayed and rusted piece of discarded track cable Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
Tramway 25 skims over trees Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
A tramway operator eases down the brake as a cabin docks Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
Chiatura cable car: Soviet era miners' cable car
A passenger waits to board one of the cable cars Photograph: Amos Chapple/Rex Features
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