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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]
Valentin Tramontina (July 17, 1893 – February 28, 1939) [1] was a Brazilian blacksmith, businessman, manufacturer and the founder of the Brazilian company Tramontina, In 1911, three years after the railroad had arrived in Carlos Barbosa, mountainous region of Rio Grande do Sul, he came to town, coming from Santa Barbara, inside Bento Gonçalves.
Tramontina is a family-run Brazilian metallurgical company founded in 1911 by italian immigrant Valentin Tramontina.The company manufactures cutlery, cookware, home appliances, and tools for agriculture, gardening, industrial work, automotive maintenance, civil construction, and electrical repair.
[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.
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 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).
Portrait of gondoliere Alex Hai near the "ferro" of his gondola Pegaso, in Venice, Italy. Alex Hai (born 1967 in Hamburg ) [ 1 ] is a transgender man of German and Algerian descent who is regarded as the first female to be a gondolier in Venice .