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Morgantown, West Virginia, US: West Virginia University. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007. West Virginia University Campus Map. Includes PRT Track. Morgantown, West Virginia, US; Smith, Nick; Dungan, Ellis (1977). A Ride of the Future (YouTube). WWVU-TV / The West Virginia Archive & History Channel. Archived from the original on ...
West Virginia. The Hawks Nest State Park aerial tram, in Fayette County, West Virginia, carries park visitors from the rim of the New River Gorge to the bank of the New River, a descent of more than 800 feet (240 m). The aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in Pipestem, West Virginia descends 3,600 feet (1,100 m) into the Bluestone River ...
An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).
The two-wagon set was one of five constructed and used between 1883 and 1898, when 18 mules and two horses were used to pull two large wagons that transported sodium borate 165 miles from Death ...
Diana Moy, park interpreter at the Wyler Aerial Tramway, points out features while riding the cable car down from the scenic area atop the Franklin Mountains Sept. 19, 2018.
Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River.The population was five at the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
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