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  2. Elitch Gardens Carousel - Wikipedia

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    Not PTC #6 but a possible earlier Carousel at Elitch's. Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 was manufactured in 1905 for Elitch Gardens.It was used at the park every summer until 1928, when the park acquired a new carousel also made by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC #51) and sold the existing carousel and band organ to Kit Carson County for $1,200, including the cost of delivery ...

  3. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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    An assembly of blocks with a rope threaded through the pulleys is called tackle. The process of threading ropes or cables through blocks is called "reeving", and a threaded block and tackle is said to have been "rove". [7] A block and tackle system amplifies the tension force in the rope to lift heavy loads.

  4. Tricable gondola lift - Wikipedia

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    A Doppelmayr tricable gondola lift in Sölden, Austria Operation and maintenance of tricable gondola lift Penkenbahn in Mayrhofen, Austria. The tricable gondola lift, also known as the 3S gondola lift, is a cable car system that was developed by the Swiss company Von Roll transport systems in Thun to unite the benefits of a gondola lift with those of a reversible cable car system. '3S' is an ...

  5. Toboggan - Wikipedia

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    A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. Illustration of a toboggan. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation.

  6. Cable transport - Wikipedia

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    Cable transport is a broad class of transport modes that have cables.They transport passengers and goods, often in vehicles called cable cars.The cable may be driven or passive, and items may be moved by pulling, sliding, sailing, or by drives within the object being moved on cableways.

  7. Safety harness - Wikipedia

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    It is attached securely to a stationary object directly by a locking device or indirectly via a rope, cable, or webbing and one or more locking devices. Some safety harnesses are used in combination with a shock-absorbing lanyard, which is used to regulate deceleration and thereby prevent a serious G-force injury when the end of the rope is ...

  8. Belay device - Wikipedia

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    A Tubular Belay device. Also called a "tube", this type of device generally has a tubular or rectangular shape. It is an evolution of the Sticht plate's concept by creating more surface area to dissipate heat and the ability to create sharper angles which creates a stronger degree of friction which has greater stopping power.

  9. Material ropeway - Wikipedia

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    Active cableway between the Vicat quarry in Sassenage and their plant in Saint-Égrève crossing over the A48 motorway west of Grenoble, France View along the Forsby-Köping limestone cableway, Sweden Etching of the world's first cable car, created by Adam Wybe in GdaƄsk (etching by Willem Hondius) Material ropeway in Nußloch, Germany