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The drive motors for both sections are visible below the bull wheels. A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers.
Gondola. The gondola (English: / ˈɡɒndələ /, Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła, Venetian: [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling ...
In American English, cable car may additionally refer to a cable-pulled street tramway with detachable vehicles (e.g., San Francisco's cable cars). As such, careful phrasing is necessary to prevent confusion. It is also sometimes called a ropeway or even incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift. A gondola lift has cabins suspended from a ...
8-passenger gondola lift in Panticosa Ski Resort, Spain. An aerial lift, [1] also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables. Aerial lift systems are frequently employed in a mountainous territory where roads are ...
Dragondola, Naeba, Yuzawa, Niigata, is the longest aerial lift in Japan (5.5 km), as well as the fastest gondola lift in the country (6 m/s) SP Gondola, Takasu Snow Park, Gujō, Gifu, also runs at 6 m/s. Gozaisho Ropeway, Komono, Mie. Katsuragiyama Ropeway, Izunokuni, Shizuoka. Nikkō Shiranesan Ropeway, Katashina, Gunma.
Ski lift. Chairlift mechanism in the resort of Val Cenis Vanoise, France. A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/ Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. [1]
The Niederwald monument (German: Niederwalddenkmal) is a monument located in the Niederwald, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany, built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany. The monument is located within the Rhine Gorge, a larger UNESCO World Heritage Site. It overlooks the Rhine Valley and the town of Bingen ...
Aerial lift type. Aerial tramway. Manufactured by. French firm Pomagalski. Gulmarg Gondola in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory of India is the second longest and second highest cable car in the world. [1] Higher lines include the Mi Teleférico in Bolivia and at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.