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The second cable car station (T2), Los Tres Brazos
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The construction of the cable car system and its four stations required intervention in its surroundings, the assembly of the electromechanical system with five platforms, 36 support towers and the assembly of the cable-carrying tractor. Due to irregular topography at the site of some of the
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