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you've got to look at this at full size and see the next tower in the upper right corner to really appreciate what we're talking about. gah.

in the movie, they show you that someone sits on top of the car (on top of the carriage, up above the cables) and rides it up and down once every day to do a visual safety inspection. *boggle*