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  • Wire rope at Vail

    Dwyer, Charles F.
  • Fixed grip carrier #103 at Steamboat Springs, Colorado

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Steamboat load test accident; see article Danger-Load Test in Progress (Ski Area Management) by Charles F. Dwyer.
  • View of machinery used at Tension Member Technology in California

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head gondola accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Men testing exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head gondola accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Machinery used for testing exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head Gondola Accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Exterior wires of locked coil track strand undergoing testing

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head Gondola Accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Machinery used for testing exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head gondola accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Testing on exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head gondola accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • View inside Poma cabin

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Close-up view of sheave assembly and wire rope

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski Plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head Gondola Accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • View inside gondola carrier

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Man on carrier at Pomagalski show in Grenoble, France

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Poma sign

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski Plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head Gondola Accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Testing on exterior wires of locked coil track strand

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Test on shaped exterior wires of locked coil track strand - Note: These tests at Tension Member Technology in California (following the Lion's Head Gondola Accident at Vail, Colorado) established definitively that the exterior Z-shaped wires of locked coil track strand can come out of lock and unwind when breaks occur in strands which are side by side.
  • Poma tower inside building

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Prinoth cabin carrier

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.
  • Top of tower and chair lift

    Dwyer, Charles F.
    Miscellaneous colored prints taken at Pomagalski plant and nearby areas in Grenoble, France; 1980.

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