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^ Hatherill, Slate Quarry Album , Blondins – Recollections of a crane inspector, John Hobbs, 1974, pp. 183-184

^ Henderson, John M. (1900). "The Development of cableways in Great Britain". Engineering Times . Vol. 2.

^ Jump up to: a b Boyd, James I.C. On the Welsh Narrow Gauge . Bradford Barton.

^ "Messrs. John Fyfe, Kenmay Quarries, Aberdeenshire". Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain). 1907.

^ Gwyn, David (9 April 2015). Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry . Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales.

^ Diack, William (1910). "The Scottish Granite Industry" . Cassier's Magazine . L. Cassier Company, Limited. pp. 323–332.

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Blondins (also known as Henderson Inclined Cableways [2] ) were a type of material ropeway ; they were named after the famous tightrope walker Charles Blondin . [3]

Blondins are a specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway. This allowed them to cross wide, deep spaces such as quarries and move material from the floor up to the level of the ropeway and across to the edge of the quarry. [4] They are powered either by a steam or electrical hoist .

Blondins were developed by John Fyfe, a Scottish quarry engineer. He installed the first example in 1872 at Kemnay granite quarry at Garioch . In 1896, John M. Henderson and Co. introduced the first commercially available Blondin system, which used steel ropes instead of the earlier iron ropes. The first installation at a Welsh slate quarry was a pair of blondins at Pen-yr-Orsedd quarry in 1899. These were powered by stationary steam engines . [5]

Penrhyn quarry in Bethesda was based around a single large pit over 400 feet deep, worked as a series of terraces. It adopted blondins in 1913. A variety of means were used to transport slate from the terraces to the mills where the rock was processed. The quarry already had an extensive internal narrow gauge railway system in place and many terraces were connected via inclines . Blondins were used to connect more remote terraces directly to the mills - they were distinguished by the fact that rock was transported on the ropeways in railway wagons slung from cradles. The ropeways ran horizontally or nearly horizontally until the cradle hit a stop, at which point the wagons were automatically lowered to ground level where they were moved by rail to the point of loading or unloading. [3]

Blondins were used in many countries, notably United Kingdom and the United States . Though most well-known in the Welsh slate industry, they were used in quarries of many sorts, and on bridge construction and other engineering projects. [6]

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I love using the Charles Blondin story as an illustration of faith! Not only was he a fascinating man, but the story of his pushing a wheelbarrow across Niagara Falls is one in which kids as well as adults can identify the difference between mere belief (head knowledge) and true faith (belief in action; heart knowledge).
Can you imagine a tightrope stretched over a quarter of a mile and spanning the breadth of Niagara Falls? The thundering sound of the pounding water drowning out all other sounds as you watch a man step onto the rope and walk across!
This stunning feat made Charles Blondin famous in the summer of 1859. He walked 160 feet above the falls several times back and forth between Canada and the United States as huge crowds on both sides looked on with shock and awe. Once he crossed in a sack, once on stilts, another time on a bicycle, and once he even carried a stove and cooked an omelet!
On July 15, Blondin walked backward across the tightrope to Canada and returned pushing a wheelbarrow. The Blondin story is told that it was after pushing a wheelbarrow across while blindfolded that Blondin asked for some audience participation. The crowds had watched and "Ooooohed" and "Aaaaahed!" He had proven that he could do it; of that, there was no doubt. But now he was asking for a volunteer to get into the wheelbarrow and take a ride across the Falls with him!
It is said that he asked his audience, "Do you believe I can carry a person across in this wheelbarrow?" Of course the crowd shouted that yes, they believed!
It was then that Blondin posed the question - "Who will get in the wheelbarrow?'
(Later in August of 1859, his manager, Harry Colcord, did ride on Blondin's back across the Falls.)

The story of Charles Blondin paints a real life picture of what faith
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believed, but their actions proved they truly didn't.

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Can you imagine a tightrope stretched over a quarter of a mile and spanning the breadth of Niagara Falls? The thundering sound of the pounding water drowning out all other sounds as you watch a man step onto the rope and walk across!
This stunning feat made Charles Blondin famous in the summer of 1859. He walked 160 feet above the falls several times back and forth between Canada and the United States as huge crowds on both sides looked on with shock and awe. Once he crossed in a sack, once on stilts, another time on a bicycle, and once he even carried a stove and cooked an omelet!
On July 15, Blondin walked backward across the tightrope to Canada and returned pushing a wheelbarrow.
The Blondin story is told that it was after pushing a wheelbarrow across while blindfolded that Blondin asked for some audience participation. The crowds had watched and “Ooooohed” and “Aaaaahed!” He had proven that he could do it; of that, there was no doubt. But now he was asking for a volunteer to get into the wheelbarrow and take a ride across the Falls with him!
It is said that he asked his audience, “Do you believe I can carry a person across in this wheelbarrow?” Of course the crowd shouted that yes, they believed!
It was then that Blondin posed the question – “Who will get in the wheelbarrow?’
God, I believe that you are inviting me and all people to trust in your incredible force of love, not just for a heaven after we die, but for this life now. Change me, O God, into one who is not afraid to get into the wheelbarrow. Who is not afraid to let go, surrender to, and trust in something greater than my small self. Letting go, not to a God who is intending me harm, but to a love that is desiring my greatest good and inviting me to the exhilarating adventure of radical trust and outrageous openness.
Later in August of 1859, his friend and manager, Harry Colcord, did ride on Blondin’s back across the Falls. On August 17th, Colcord was strapped to Blondin’s back, and the pair set off across the tightrope. As they reached the halfway point – the most dangerous section of the rope – Blondin said to his friend, “Harry, you are no longer Colcord; you are Blondin. Until I clear this place be a part of me – mind, body, and soul. If I sway, sway with me. Do not attempt to do any balancing yourself. If you do we shall both go down to our death.” Harry trusted his wiser, more experienced friend, and carefully the Great Blondin continued along until at long last the pair reached the other side, safe and sound.
And even in that phrase I hear such a beautiful invitation of God saying to me, “You are mine. I am yours. We are one. And all shall be well as you learn to sway with me and not do all the balancing yourself.”
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Monika, Thanks for sharing your thought and your comment. Keep on trusting!
What a Wonderful Saviour we have on whom we can trust The one who will never let us fall. Praise and Glory be to Him.
You’re welcome Joe. Glad you liked it. Let’s keep getting in the wheelbarrow and keep on trusting and so we can keep on having the adventure of a lifetime!
Thanks for the reminder to trust God to take care of the details.
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