Tarabita. It is a primitive cable car used in rugged regions of the Colombian, Venezuelan and Ecuadorian Andes. It consists of a chair or a basket that is attached to a cable, by means of a pulley. Used in the absence of bridges, to cross rivers and canyons. Colombia. Old 19th century engraved illustration. Travel to New Granada by Charles Saffray from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

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