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An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion. [1]
The Gondola, a free four-stop aerial tramway connecting Telluride and Mountain Village, with a midway station on a mountain in between and two stops in Mountain Village. [30] Georgia. The skylift at Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Georgia; Montana. The Lone Peak Tram at Big Sky Ski Resort, in Montana; New Hampshire
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, is the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. It was opened in September 1963 as a way of getting from the floor of the Coachella Valley to near the top of San Jacinto Peak and was constructed in rugged Chino Canyon .
The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Roosevelt Island to the Upper East Side of Manhattan.The tramway is the first commuter aerial tramway in the U.S., having opened on May 17, 1976, to serve residential developments on Roosevelt Island.
Artist's rendering of the proposed skyTran design. Skytran (stylized as skyTran) is a personal rapid transit system concept. It was first proposed by the inventor Douglas Malewicki in 1990 and was under development by Unimodal Inc.
The Portland Aerial Tram or OHSU Tram is an aerial ... and were shaped and painted to look like the architectural firm's vision of "bubbles floating through the sky ...
In contrast, an aerial tramway operates solely with fixed grips and simply shuttles back and forth between two end terminals. [2] The capacity, cost, and functionality of a gondola lift will differ dramatically depending on the combination of cables used for support and haulage and the type of grip (detachable or fixed).
The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway, adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to Sandia Peak , on the ridge line of the Sandia Mountains [ 1 ] and has the world's third longest single span . [ 2 ]