Aerial Ropeways Catalogue, 1929

Catalogue, Aerial Ropeways, Ceretti & Tanfani, Milan, 1929, hardcover, original ,illustrated, large landscape format, 31 cms x 22 cms, condition: very good.

Giulio Ceretti, (18681934) was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur, active in the area of cable transport. Ceretti built the first aerial cableway with intermediate supports, and was one of the first engineers ever to design and install mechanical systems in harbours and dock yards in order to speed-up the loading and unloading of cargo ships.

In 1912, he built a cableway at Lana-San Vigilio, Merano; 2,2 km. long and 1153 metres high, it was the first example with intermediate supports running over rugged ground capable of carrying passengers. Ceretti's intermediate support system was quickly developed in other European and non-European countries, where it became a standard construction. Following, Ceretti received many awards for this development.While continuing to work on cableways, Ceretti studied the inefficiencies of cargo-handling at harbours and docks. He developed new mechanical methods for moving cargos around, and in 1903 he designed technologies to lift weights, chutes and cableways for the Savona harbour, to load off coal on railway trucks.

During World War I he collaborated with the Italian Army. His expertise was helpful to the transportation of troops, ammunitions and supplies to the Alpine front line by aerial cable. Ceretti's expertise and contribution led him to become director of the Technical Department of the Italian Air Force, in Turin.

Ceretti continued his work until his death in Milan in 1934, with Ceretti & Tanfani becoming one of the world's leading companies in the field of mechanical transport. Part of his legacy was the expansion of aerial cableways to the most inaccessible parts of the Alps.

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