It is also sometimes called a ropeway or even incorrectly referred to as a gondola lift.
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A ropeway is being constructed connecting Guwahati city with North-Guwahati over Brahmaputra River.
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Ropeway conveyors are typically found around large mining concerns, and can be of considerable length.
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The world's longest passenger tramway, a section of the former 96-km Kristineberg-Boliden industrial ropeway.
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Modern towers frequently have viewing platforms or terraces with restaurants or on the roof of mountain stations of an aerial ropeway.
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Production volumes would be restricted for as long as it took Bathurst to gain consents from the Environmental Protection Authority for a ropeway system to carry coal off the plateau.
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I boarded a bus, train, cable car, ropeway gondola and a boat decked out as a pirate ship in search of a glimpse of Mount Fuji, but alas Fujisan was shrouded in cloud that day.
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Tramway: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
A ropeway is a form of naval lifting device used to transport light stores and equipment across rivers or ravines. ...