Whirlpool Aero Car
- Date
- 1916 · confidence high
- Place
- Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Credited to
- Leonardo Torres Quevedo
- Field
- Movement
What it is
Cable car designed by Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo that crosses the Niagara Whirlpool suspended from six cables, carrying up to 35 passengers per trip since 1916.
What it led to
- Establishment of the modern passenger cable car
- Lasting tourist attraction at Niagara Falls
- Technical model for Torres Quevedo's later cable cars