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aerial ropeway — aerial railway or aerial ropeway noun One for overhead conveyance • • • Main Entry: ↑aerial … Useful english dictionary
Aerial tramway — An aerial tramway is a type of aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a cable and is pulled by another cable. An aerial tramway is often called a cable car or ropeway, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift (not to be… … Wikipedia
Aerial Tramway Cologne — The Aerial Tramway Cologne is the only cableway that runs across the Rhine in Cologne, Germany. 13.7 million people rode the tramway from 1957 to 2004 without an accident; and in 2004, it carried 288,500 passengers. It is considered to be Cologne … Wikipedia
aerial railway — tramway (def. 4). [1885 90] * * * aerial railway or aerial ropeway noun One for overhead conveyance • • • Main Entry: ↑aerial * * * aerial railway or aerial tramway, overhead cables or rails from which a car is suspended to move persons and… … Useful english dictionary
Ropeway conveyor — A ropeway conveyor or material ropeway[1] is essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended. Ropeway conveyors are typically found around large mining concerns, and can be of… … Wikipedia
aerial tramway — noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers • Syn: ↑tramway, ↑tram, ↑cable tramway, ↑ropeway • Hypernyms: ↑conveyance, ↑transport * * * tramway ( … Useful english dictionary
ropeway — noun Date: 1889 1. an endless aerial cable moved by a stationary engine and used to transport freight (as logs and ore) 2. a fixed cable or a pair of fixed cables between supporting towers serving as a track for suspended passenger or freight… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bodetal Aerial Tramway — The Bodetal Aerial Tramway is one between 1969 and 1970 in co operation of the Czechoslovak collective combine Transporta Chrudim and the PGH Elektrotherm Quedlinburg builds wire ropeway in the proximity of Thale in the resin. It leads from the… … Wikipedia
List of aerial tramways — around the world.:For gondola lifts, see the List of gondola lifts.:For funitels, see the Funitel article.(Note: this list should not contain gondola lifts.)Africaflag|South Africa* The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, to summit of Table Mountain … Wikipedia
List of aerial lifts in Japan — The list of aerial lifts in Japan lists aerial lifts in the nation.In Japan, aerial lift, or nihongo| ropeway |索道|sakudō, includes means of transport such as aerial tramway, funitel, gondola lift, funifor, as well as chairlift. All of them are… … Wikipedia
