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class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia" size="5">The Aerial Tramway</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia">    The Army's aerial tramway was first erected at Camp Wallace and later moved to Fort Eustis near the Reserve Fleet for further testing.  </font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia">   The purpose of the tramway was to provide cargo movement from ship-to-shore, shore-to-ship, and overland.  The tramway supplemented beach and pier operations, used unloading points deemed unusable due to inadequate or non-navigable waters, or to traverse land that was otherwise impassable.</font></b></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber4" bgcolor="#800000"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img border="0" src="/web/20071010103725im_/http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/Museum/Tramway_files/image001.gif" width="346" height="335" alt="CAmp Wallae (now a Busch Gardens Theme park near Williamsburg/Ft Eustis."></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><font face="Georgia"><i>At Camp Wallace (today抯 Busch Gardens), the tramway carries cargo from shore to open water.</i></font></b></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia"><i> </i></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia">   The tramway consisted of two tracks and four cargo cars, normally servicing two vessels at the same time.  It had a tonnage capability of 1,440 short tons per a 24-hour day, and could transfer cargo from ship to shore at a rate of 120-160 tons an hour for one mile, using a shuttle method.</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia">   It was used where wave and tidal action did not exceed 11 feet above low tide and where 25 feet of penetration into the bottom was available for support.  The sea terminal was composed of two 300 ft spud barges with 100 ft caissons erected end to end.</font></b></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="2" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber5" bgcolor="#800000"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img border="0" src="/web/20071010103725im_/http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/Museum/Tramway_files/image003.gif" width="252" height="335" alt="aerial tramway training at Ft Eustis"></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Georgia">   In 1961, Fort Eustis developed the 577th Transportation Company (Aerial Tramway) to operate and maintain the system.  Two reserve units - the 458th and 407th Transportation Companies (Aerial Tramway) were trained also.</font></b></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="2" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber6" bgcolor="#800000"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img border="0" 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