Between 1879 and 1883, Duncan was responsible for the development of the Dunedin cable tramway system.
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The tram, which runs on a circular route around the town of Portland, uses dummies and salons formerly used on the extensive Melbourne cable tramway system and now beautifully restored.
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Horizontal travel by means of narrow gauge tramway or cable car is also much safer and can move more people and ore than vertical elevators.
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A flying rope way could be supported on poles and pulleys similar to the cable on a chair lift or aerial tramway.
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The tramway from Froghall to Cauldon Quarries was replaced by a new cable-operated railway in 1849.
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I'm not one easily impressed by cable cars but the ride on the world's first rotating tramway is pretty spectacular.