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Whirlpool Aero Car

ON L2E 3E8 Niagara Falls, Canada (Ontario)
Address 3850 Niagara Pkwy
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ
Mountain Railways & Cableways

Opening times
 2nd week of March to the 1st week of November: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Admission
Status from 07/2020
 Adult (13+ years): $16.50; Child (6-12 years): $10.75
Niagara Falls Adventure Pass: $67
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Homepage
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www.niagaraparks.com/visit/attractions/whirlpool-aero-car
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Location / Directions
N43.118271° W79.068760°N43°7.09626' W79°4.12560'N43°7'5.7756" W79°4'7.5360"
Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is on the western bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario.
Across the Niagara River is Niagara Falls, New York. The Niagara River flows over Niagara Falls at this location.
The tourist area, which stretches along the Niagara Parkway and promenade, is particularly concentrated at the brink of the falls.

Rail

Via Rail Canada and Amtrak jointly provide service to the Niagara Falls station via their Maple Leaf service between Toronto Union Station and New York Penn Station.
As of January 2019, GO Transit offers two-way, weekday commuter service from Niagara Falls station (Ontario) to Union Station (Toronto) as part of the Niagara GO Expansion. The full expansion project is expected to be complete by 2025.

Highways

Niagara Falls is linked to major highways in Canada. The Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), stretching from Fort Erie to Toronto, passes through Niagara Falls.
Highway 420 (along with Niagara Regional Road 420) connect the Rainbow Bridge to the QEW.
The Niagara Parkway is a road operated under the Niagara Parks Commission which connects Niagara-on-the-Lake to Fort Erie via Niagara Falls.
Description

Wikipedia:
The Whirlpool Aero Car or Spanish Aero Car is a cable car located in Niagara Falls, Ontario that transports passengers over a section of the Niagara River referred to as the Niagara Whirlpool. The system was designed by Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo and has been upgraded several times since 1916 (in 1961, 1967 and 1984). The system uses one car that carries 35 standing passengers over a one-kilometre trip.

Technical specifications

The Aero Car is suspended on six interlocking steel cables, each of which is 25 mm (0.98 in) in diameter.
The car is powered by an electric 50 horsepower (37 kW) motor and travels at approximately 7 km/h (4.3 mph).
In the event of a power failure, a diesel engine drives a hydraulic pump to pull the carrier back to the loading/unloading terminal.
It also has a rescue car which holds four passengers and one operator. The rescue car has so far only been used for training purposes.

The Aero Car is suspended between two Canadian points, though it crosses the Canadian and American borders four times on a full trip. The car crosses the border about 500 feet (150 m) from the starting point and runs through United States territory for about 200 feet (61 m), but riders need no immigration clearance.
At each end of the crossing, it is 240 feet (73 m) high, and in the centre, it is 200 feet (61 m) above the river.
Its span is 1,770 feet (540 m).
The rapids entering the whirlpool below the Aero Car move at an estimated 35 to 37 km/h (22 to 23 mph), and the flow of the water coming through the river is about 2,800 cubic meters per second (623,000 imperial gallons per second) in the summer months, and 1,400 m³/s (300,000 imp gal/s) in the winter months.
From the Aero Car, sightseers can see Whirlpool State Park in Niagara Falls, New York, as well as the Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station in Lewiston, New York. From the side or centre of the car, one can view the violent motion of the 60 acres (0.24 km2) whirlpool below. Riders may also see hikers on nature trails and fishermen on both sides of the river.

The car was originally open, but a roof has been added to all later designs.
A four-person rescue car is available (a smaller white car stored at the opposite end in an indoor area), but not used in regular service.

A board with the following text was attached to the cable car:

„NIAGARA SPANISH AERO CAR
Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936) was an ingenious Spanish engineer. Among his creations were algebraic machines, remote control devices, dirigibles and the world's first computer.

The Niagara Spanish Aero Car was designed by Leonardo Torress Quevedo and represented a new type of aerial cable way that he called "transbordador". Officially opened on August 8, 1916, it is the only one of its kind in existence.

The Niagara Parks Commission 1991“

 
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