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The Cable Car in America (Revised Edition). San Diego, California: Howell–North Books. Reprinted 1997 by Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3051-2. Of Cables and Grips: The Cable Cars of San Francisco, by Robert Callwell and Walter Rice, published by Friends of the Cable Car Museum, first edition, 2000.
Cable car is the usual term in British English, where tramway generally refers to a railed street tramway. 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.
Kanin Cable Car in Bovec is the longest gondola lift in Slovenia. It takes skiers from the Bovec valley (436 m) to the central part of the ski slopes (2,200 m). Vogel Cable Car in Bohinj; Velika Planina Cable Car in Kamniška Bistrica valley (supposedly longest unsupported cable car in Europe)
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 relatively difficult to build and use, and have seen extensive ...
The Aerovia cable car system in Guayaquil, Ecuador La télécabine d'Arrondaz in Valfréjus, France Interior of a gondola at Killington Ski Resort, Vermont Classic 1960s 4-seater monocable gondola lift in Emmetten, Switzerland, built by GMD Müller Interior of a gondola lift station, in this case, an intermediate station where gondolas detach ...
The lower station (), at the bottom of the hill, lies beside Sepulveda Boulevard and the San Diego Freeway and features a refuge siding The upper station ( 34°04′42.1″N 118°28′29.9″W / 34.078361°N 118.474972°W / 34.078361; -118.474972 ), at the top of the hill, is located in the arrival plaza of the Getty Center and is ...
The ride was an Arrow Dynamics sit-down looper which opened in 1982. In 2009, the ride had the train replaced and became the Sea Viper. The Sea Viper was closed in 2014 due to old age. [11] Sea World Eye: 2006: 2008: A temporary 60-metre (200 ft) high ferris wheel was constructed in the former location of the Thrillseeker. Ronald Bussink Co ...
In 2000, the original tram cars were replaced by new cars that rotate slowly, offering riders a 360° panoramic view of Chino Canyon and the desert valley floor. In October 2003, a steel cable broke and caused a mechanical failure that left more than fifty tramway customers hanging in mid-air and one hundred passengers stranded at the Mountain ...
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