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  2. Howe Caverns - Wikipedia

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    Inside the caverns. Howe Caverns is a solutional cave formed by the dissolution of limestone rock. [2] The cave, like many on the Helderberg Plateau, such as Secret Caverns, which is also operated as a show cave, and Tory Cave, is composed of thickly bedded Lower Devonian aged Coeymans Limestone and thinly bedded Upper Silurian aged Manlius Limestone, both part of the Helderberg Group.

  3. Cobleskill, New York - Wikipedia

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    Two cavern complexes are located just outside Cobleskill and are open to tourists: Howe Caverns and Secret Caverns. Both are north of I-88 and Howes Cave. Secret Caverns is located just outside Cobleskill, and was formed during the last Ice Age. The caverns were discovered in 1928, and include a 100-foot underground waterfall. [15] [16] Howe ...

  4. Space elevator economics - Wikipedia

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    A space elevator built according to the Edwards proposal is estimated to have total cost of about $40 billion (that figure includes $1.56 billions operational costs for first 10 years). Subsequent space elevators are estimated to cost only $14.3 billion each. [14] For comparison, in potentially the same time frame as the elevator:

  5. Secret Caverns - Wikipedia

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    Secret Caverns is a limestone solutional cave, located in Howes Cave, New York. As a show cave , Secret Caverns is open to the public as a tourist attraction, with guides taking visitors through the cave, which features karst and glacial geological features, culminating in a 100 ft (30 m) waterfall.

  6. Howes Cave, New York - Wikipedia

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    Howes Cave is a hamlet in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The community is 5.3 miles (8.5 km) east of Cobleskill. Howes Cave has a post office with ZIP code 12092, which opened on November 18, 1867. [2] [3] The hamlet's name comes from Howe Caverns, a popular tourist attraction

  7. List of funicular railways - Wikipedia

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    London, London Millennium Funicular (2003-2021) – inclined elevator [86] Manchester, URBIS Museum [87] Margate, Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913–1970s) – inclined elevator, parallel to cliff [88] Padstow, Padstow Cliff Railway [citation needed] St Michael's Mount, St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods ...

  8. Show cave - Wikipedia

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    A small chair train to Postojna Cave, Slovenia A mini-metro train to New Athos Cave, Georgia Boats to Glyfada Cave/Dirou Pyrgos Caves, Greece. The oldest known show cave in the world is probably Reed Flute Cave in China with inscriptions from 792 in the time of the Tang dynasty.

  9. List of caves - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.