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Inclined elevator in Cuneo, Italy Inclined elevator of the Eiffel Tower, 1890s Double-lane inclined elevator in Kek Lok Si temple, Malaysia. An inclined elevator [1] or inclined lift [2] is a form of cable railway that hauls rail cars up a steep gradient. [3]
London, London Millennium Funicular (2003-2021) – inclined elevator [86] Manchester, URBIS Museum [87] Margate, Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913–1970s) – inclined elevator, parallel to cliff [88] Padstow, Padstow Cliff Railway [citation needed] St Michael's Mount, St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods ...
This is a list of inclined elevators, organised by place within country and region. An inclined elevator is distinguished from the similar funicular railway in that its cars operate independently whereas funiculars are composed of two vehicles that synchronously counterbalance one another.
Some inclined elevators are incorrectly called funiculars. On an inclined elevator the cars operate independently rather than in interconnected pairs, and are lifted uphill. [3] A notable example is Paris' Montmartre Funicular. Its formal title is a relic of its original configuration, when its two cars operated as a counterbalanced ...
The Falls Incline Railway, originally known as the Horseshoe Falls Incline is a type of funicular railway (an inclined elevator) in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is located beside Niagara Falls at the Horseshoe Falls. The line was built in 1966 for the Niagara Parks Commission by the Swiss company Von Roll. It adopted its ...
A railway incline (or inclined plane) is a steeply graded railway that uses a cable or rope to haul trains. ... Inclined elevator This page was last ...
The Otis Junction Station after the railroad's reconstruction in 1904. Otis Elevating Railway, ca. 1900. The Otis Elevating Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge cable funicular railroad leading to the Catskill Mountain House in Palenville, New York.
The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge [2] inclined plane funicular railway leading to the top of Lookout Mountain from the historic St. Elmo neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee.