SEPTEMBER 1988 – A wagon of the Elevador da Glória cable car line at the station near the Praça dos Restauradores in Lisbon, Portugal. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
With great sadness I received the news of the recent incident at the historic cable car Elevador da Glória in Lisbon, Portugal. At the time of writing, 16 people have died and 20+ people were injured in this tragedy, and my thoughts are with their families and friends.
I remember the fascination that emerged from the cable car when I visited Lisbon for the first time back in September 1988 – it was such a historic beauty! We were short on money, so we did not use it to travel the roughly 270 meters from the Praça dos Restauradores to the upper quarter Bairro Alto, a height difference of 45 meters. But we admired the impressive look before walking up the steep hill.
Wikipedia has the details on the train line as well as the incident.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | September 1988 |
| Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Negative Film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6776 x 4524 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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