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The historical gondola was quite different from its modern evolution; the paintings of Canaletto and others show a much lower prow, a higher "ferro", and usually two rowers. The banana-shaped modern gondola was developed only in the 19th century by the boat-builder Tramontin, whose heirs still run the Tramontin boatyard. [14]
The tram is the steepest four-person gondola in North America, ending at the 8,256-foot (2,516 m) peak of Mount Howard. [13] The tram is operated on 115 acres (0.47 km 2) of land leased from the Forest Service through a special national forest permit. [7] At the summit one can view wildlife, [1] and wildflowers in an alpine meadow.
Gondola cars began to be built for specialized purposes and, depending on their intended cargo, the side heights could range from just two feet (0.61 m) for bulk commodities such as sand, to six feet (1.83 m) or more for loads such as pipes, and ten feet (3.0 m) or more for light cargos such as woodchips. [2]
Gondola Lift at Namak Abrud, Iran. A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting towers.
An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).
[1] This article is a List of gondola lifts around the world. A gondola lift has cabins suspended from a continuously circulating cable whereas aerial trams simply shuttle back and forth on cables.
Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable Aerial tramway; Chairlift; Gondola lift. Bicable gondola lift; Tricable gondola lift; Cable railway, in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road. Cable car (railway), a type of cable transportation used for mass transit
A hybrid lift is a fusion of a gondola lift and a chair lift. The company Leitner refers to it as telemix , [ 9 ] while Doppelmayr uses the term combination lift . [ 10 ] An example is Ski Arlberg 's Weibermahd lift in Vorarlberg ( Austria ) which alternates between 8-person chairlifts and 10-person gondolas.