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History #58078 09/16/20 06:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,572 Valley Ford CA!!!! saltydog OP
OP saltydog Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,572 Valley Ford CA!!!!	Some folks on FB asking when the cables were installed on the switchers. Anybody know for sure? Wherever you go, there you are. SPOTMe!

Re: History saltydog #58080 09/17/20 01:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 94 Likes: 7 colton, ca T tif
tif T Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 94 Likes: 7 colton, ca	https://www.mulemuseum.org/the-mount-whitney-trail.html from this article it seems the switchbacks were reworked/routed in 1947 - so perhaps then??? it doesn't specifically mention the cables though.

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