Roll of wire rope for Coalmont/Blakeburn Collieries
PRIN_02_CGCT_055
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“Note from photo: One continuous piece. Length 6 miles, weight 28 tons for Coalmont Colleries manufactured by Wrights Canadian Ropes (Granville Island, Vancouver). The cost of this cable was $9600 and at the time it was the longest of its kind in Canada. From the Granite Creek photograph collection (CGCT).”