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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".<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/meccano-magazine-1925-08/mm192508#page/n16/mode/1up Page 391 ''The Meccano Magazine August 1925'' Archive.org]</ref></blockquote>
The ropeway system was run by the Khyber Ropeway Company, part of the [[Royal Army Service Corps]]. <ref>caroleah [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=201715 “khyber ropeway company army service corps”] Great War Forum, 30 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2014</ref> It appears to have been part of Mechanical Transport.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32913/supplement/1814 "A report on the operations in Waziristan for the period 1st January, 1922 to the 20th April, 1923"], page 1814 ''London Gazette Supplement'' 27 February 1924</ref>
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in a House of Lords debate 31 March 1921 said
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1963-09-633-12 The ropeway transit system at Landi Kotal, c 1919] Photograph by Randolph Bezzant Holmes. NAM. 1963-09-633-12
*[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/khyber-ropeway-at-ali-masjid/ Postcard: Alimusjid Fort with Ropeway, Khyber Pass]. This is very similar to the previous photograph which may have been incorrectly labelled. The location of [[Ali Masjid Fort|Ali Masjid]] appears correct. andrewgrantham.co.uk (retrieved 29 May 2014)
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