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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 ...
Built in 1959, The Wyler Aerial Tramway, named for El Paso radio and television pioneer Karl O. Wyler, was designed to provide maintenance access for television transmission towers until donated ...
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 ...
The wooden tower was part of the Saline Valley Salt Tram, a 13-mile aerial tramway built in 1911 and used to transport salt from the Saline Valley, over the Inyo Mountains and to a processing ...
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).
Pipestem Resort State Park is a 4,050-acre (1,640 ha) [1] state park located in southern West Virginia, on the border between Mercer and Summers counties. The park was built with grants provided by the Area Redevelopment Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the administration of President John F. Kennedy. [3]
The tram had an issue with its brakes, and the last car struck a rail when it was traveling down a hill of a parking structure, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Central Tramway Company, Scarborough (opened 1881) North Cliff Lift (1930–1996) Queens Parade Cliff Lift (1878–1887) St Nicholas Cliff Lift (1929–2006) Spa Cliff Lift (opened 1873) Sennen Cove (private funicular) [89] Shipley, Shipley Glen Cable Tramway; Southend-on-Sea, Cliff Lift (opened 1912) – inclined elevator [90]