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Scenic World is a popular privately-owned tourist attraction located at the sourthern end of the town of Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, about 100 kilometers west of Sydney.
Scenic World is home to a number of attractions, the two most famous of which are the Scenic Railway and Scenic Skyway. Other attractions include a theatre, shop and revolving restaurant.
The Scenic Railway is reputedly the steepest cable-driven funicular railway in the world, with an incline of 52 degrees, over a distance of 415 metres. It was originally constructed for a coal and shale-oil mining operation in the Megalong Valley in the 1880s, in order to haul ore from the valley floor up the cliff to the escarpment above. It was converted for use as a tourist attraction prior to World War 2.
Built in 1958, the Scenic Skyway is another cable-driven conveyance at Scenic World. It travels across the gorge above the Katoomba Falls, 200 metres above the valley floor. The original Scenic Skyway was removed in 2004, and is in the process of being replaced by a new cable car that is scheduled to open in time for the christmas holiday period.
External link
- Scenic World (http://www.scenicworld.com.au/) - official site
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