CCAPA

CCAPA (HMHI8)

Location: Rio de Janeiro, RJ 08753 Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
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S 22° 56.932', W 43° 9.407'

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Companhia Camaniho A?reo P?o de A??car

No dia 27 de Octubro de 2002, a Companhia Camaniho A?reo P?o de A??car - CCAPA - compleou 90 anos de servi?os ininteruptos do telef?rico. Esta tecnologia de ponta de engemharia transformou o P?o de A?ucar em um icone nacional de grande orgulho par o carioca.

A diretoria da CCAPA homenageia seu pioneiro fundador, engenheiro Augusto Ferreira Ramos, pela implanta??o do primeiro sistema teleferico Brasileiro, que funcionou durante 60 anos, como tamb?m o Engenheiro Crist?v?o Leite de Castro, respons?vel pela moderniz??o do telef?rico em 1972 decuplicando a capacidade instalada e consolidando a imagem do bondinho mais famoso do mundo.

On October 27, 2002, the Companhia Camaniho A?reo P?o de A??car - CCAPA - completed 90 years of continuous cable-car service. This launching high tech engineering level has turned the Sugar Loaf into a national icon of which the people (The "Cariocas") are greatly proud of.

The Board of the CCAPA not only pays tribute to its pioneer founder, Augusto Ferreira Ramos, for the introduction of the first Brasilian cable-car system, which has been in use for 60 years, but also to Cristov?o Leite de Castro, the engineer who modernized the cable-car system in 1972. Modernization increased its installed capacity by ten times, reinforcing the image of the most famous cable-car system in the world.
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HM NumberHMHI8
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Year Placed2002
Placed ByCompanhia Camaniho A?reo P?o de A??car - CCAPA
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 6:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)23K E 688989 N 7460955
Decimal Degrees-22.94886667, -43.15678333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesS 22° 56.932', W 43° 9.407'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds22° 56' 55.92" S, 43° 9' 24.42" W
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Area Code(s)732
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1-41 Av. João Luís Alves, Rio de Janeiro RJ 08753, BR
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