There were two of similar capacity and engineering. The first cable car system was built in 1907 in Monte Ulía (Spain), with a length of 280 metres (918 feet). The second one was built in 1908 in Wetterhorn, Switzerland, with a length of 560 metres (1,836 feet).
The Rio de Janeiro Sugar Loaf cable cars were the third to be built in the world, but with the longest line with a combined total of 1,325 metres (4,346 feet).
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