Monorail pylons rising before the shrines and mosques of Qom. Note the unrelated construction in the background, including use of a tower crane and scaffolding.
December 16, 2012 (Persian date Azar 26, 1391), the first Alweg-type beams arrive on site
Smart looking construction workers hoisting beams by means of truck-mounted hydraulic crane and crawlers.
Construction workers stand ready for one of the first beams to fit atop pylon
Alweg-type beam being hoisted by crawler cranes
Dignitaries and guests witness the first beams going up, including the Mayor of Qom and city council members
Monorail track alignment being expedited with expected completion of first phase within a few months
Steel form in place for top-filled concrete pour
Qom Monorail is being built under joint venture of Iranian firms MAPNA Group and Kayson Company.
Note pick-carry telescopic mobile crane hoisting form.
Note pick-carry telescopic mobile crane hoisting form.
Workers on scaffolding prepare pylon rebar for the next concrete pour
Side view of two-section support where combined pre-stressed monorail track sections will connect
Below: Wide-angle imagery of the Qom monorail project, under construction
Map depicting projected route of the Qom monorail
Photos and general text courtesy Qom Monorail
thanks for the great photos Mark, a rare and valuable break from the narrative about Iran. the fact that these photos drive the anti-Iran crowd nuts demonstrates their utility.
ReplyDeletethe photos drive no one nuts. they merely bore through their banality.
DeleteExcellence in the making. Much appreciated by all of us, Mark.
ReplyDeleteI am back from tehran last week
ReplyDeleteafter about 4 years absence I visit iran agian
you can not recognize the tehran again
new roads, new buildings,...
a very dynamic society.
the people who talk about "crippling Sanctions" were never beein im iran
Those would be the same folks lying about sanctions killing little Iranian hemophiliac kids and causing sick old Iranian hajjaghas and hajjkhanoms to die due to chemotherapy shortages. Unless you want to claim that the IRI is progressing in every category except for manufacturing lifesaving pharmaceuticals?
DeleteShah did it! -Ironie end ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe most dumbest decision made was to build this ugly Monorail.It would have been a far better idea to build a tram system instead.
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