It is a very simple pitchfork. It has a thick wooden handle and two iron prongs. It was used to load and unload bales, straw or hay. TIt is currently used very little. But where I am now, in the Vall Fosca, it also had another function. That is why it is exhibited at the Capdella Hydroelectric Museum, which I am visiting today.The funicular driver was touching the two electric cables of the line that ran parallel to the funicular track with both ends of the fork, and with this action he made a bell ring at the stations to to speak with the workers who operated it. This was the code: with one bell it indicated that the operator should stop it, with two bells, that he should go up, and with three, that he should go down.

An underground cable that connected the two cars of the historic funicular that He had an accident on Wednesday in Lisbon The cable broke at the attachment point of one of the cabins, according to the initial findings of the investigation being conducted by the government agency in charge of the case. In total, 16 people died and another 23 were injured in the tragic accident. Now the Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft and Railway Accidents (GPIAAF) has reported that the pneumatic brake and the manual brake of the funicular were activated, but this did not stop the movement or reduce the speed of the funicular, which derailed. The accident occurred in just 50 seconds.