Khyber Ropeway Company
Khyber Ropeway Company 1919 to c 1925
In 1925 the following was written:
"Ropeway to be Dismantled
A large part of the Khyber ropeway, which , since its erection in 1919 has handled a maximum of 200 tons of goods per day, is to be dismantled owing to difficulties with the Afghans. The total length of the ropeway is 19 miles".[1]
The ropeway system appears to have been run by the Khyber Ropeway Company, part of the Royal Army Service Corps
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in a House of Lords debate 31 March 1921 said
"Two years ago I was delighted to find that the Government of India carried out a recommendation which I made that there should be a wire ropeway in the Khyber Pass. This has been completed, and has lately taken over twenty tons of stores a day to the summit "[2]
The King’s College London , Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives website has a catalogue reference "Douglas-Scott-Montagu 7/42 1918 Apr 10 Memoranda, Articles and Reports: Report by Montagu and Capt S Limby on the use of wire ropeways on the North West Frontier and hill stations. Ref S80 QMG. Printed 4 pp and map of proposed road and ropeway Makeland District (2 copies)"
The King’s College London , Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives website has a catalogue reference " Liddell: 15/3/167 1910-1936 :Journal articles relating to British defence in India, including …..'The Khyber Ropeway Company' by Lt Col Richard Parry Crawley in Royal Army Service Corps Quarterly [1931]". This journal appears to be Volume 1 New Series which is also available at the Imperial War Museum.
Photographs and postcards
- Two photograph from the National Army Museum collection
- The ropeway transit system, Landi Kotal, 1919 NAM. 1963-09-633-4
- The ropeway transit system at Landi Kotal, c 1919 Photograph by Randolph Bezzant Holmes. NAM. 1963-09-633-12
- Postcard: Khyber Water Works Showing the Highest Pole of Ropeway (Scroll down the page for larger version) ebay Picture Postcards Limited. Same photo photobucket
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