cable tramway

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cable tramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

aerial tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway

transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation

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Did you know, for instance, that Swansea once had a short-lived cable tramway similar to the Instagram-loved systems still seen in Lisbon and San Francisco?

Wales' lost trams uncovered; FEATURE As we're on the verge of another public transport revolution with plans for a South Wales Metro and a new train operator for Wales and the Borders, a just-published series of books looks back at the golden age of trams. Peter Waller, author of Lost Tramways of Wales, has been telling Amanda Powell why they went and what we lost..

All a bit steep Roberts Park, with statue of Sir Titus, is also home to the Shipley Glen Cable Tramway, the oldest in the UK.

SALT OF THE EARTH; Step back in time at early Victorian mill and model village of Saltaire in West Yorkshire, which is now home to a stylish art gallery and cultural centre

Hallidie's 1901 cable tramway at Wawawai was one of the last of that design produced.