Pylon of the Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun, the tallest in the world until 2017
An aerial lift pylon is a pylon construction bearing the cables of an aerial lift such as an aerial tramway or gondola lift. Large pylons of aerial tramways usually consist of a steel framework construction, smaller pylons of gondola lifts are made of tubular steel. Early aerial tramways often had pylons of reinforced concrete and ropeway conveyors had timber pylons, if they were cheaper than steel pylons.
Pylons are not designed as a stopping-off point for passengers or goods, but some are designed to allow maintenance staff access to the cars. Some pylons have built-in ladders or stairs for maintenance access, and some taller examples have an elevator. The best-known and now seventh-tallest pylon is the Torre Jaume I in Barcelona. The tallest gondola lift support tower is the 214,8 m (704,7 ft) Cat Hai – Phu Long cable car which opened in june 2020. The tallest aerial tramway support tower in the world is Tower 2 of Ha Long Queen Cable Car built in 2016 which is 189 m (620 ft) tall.
An aerialliftpylon is a pylon construction bearing the cables of an aeriallift such as an aerial tramway or gondola lift. Large pylons of aerial tramways...
An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aeriallift which uses one or two stationary...
The tower is currently the fifth tallest aerialliftpylon in the world and is a part of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway from Torre Sant Sebastia to Montjuïc...
the cableway is 400 metres from the ground. The use of only one aerialliftpylon resulted in an unusual span width of 2,507 metres between the valley...
List of aerial tramways (US) or cable cars (Europe) around the world. For gondola lifts, see the List of gondola lifts. For funiculars see List of funicular...
The tower Torre Jaume I was the world's highest aerialliftpylon until 1966, when the Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III opened. The tramway was intended...
and climbs 575 metres. This section includes the world's tallest aerialliftpylon, a steel framework construction 113.9 metres (originally 106 meters)...
new gondola lift spans on 22 pylons as opposed to the former 5 towers. Genting Skyway - Gondola lift type Langkawi Cable Car - Gondola lift type Penang...
of 1725 metres. The Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car runs over three aerialliftpylons. The double track ropes have a diameter of 62 mm each, and the hauling...
base of the southern pylon containing the Transport for NSW maintenance shed for the bridge, and the base of the northern pylon containing the traffic...
of the last pylon measuring 45 m Arrival of cable car into Maxims Hotel. Awana Skyway - Gondola lift type Langkawi Cable Car - Gondola lift type Penang...
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, is the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. It was opened in September 1963 as a...
metres (788 yd) long, twin cable, gondola lift has inclines of up to 75 per cent in places. It has a total of 3 pylons, the lowest in the Bode valley having...
to 600 metres between pylons. The Aerobus system was invented in the late 1960s by Gerhard Mueller of the GMD Mueller aeriallift company in Switzerland...
home, Koechlin made a sketch of their idea, described by him as "a great pylon, consisting of four lattice girders standing apart at the base and coming...
Omega Aerial Refueling Services Flight 70 was a flight supposed to provide aerial refueling to US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets. It crashed on take-off following...
Nizhny Novgorod Aerial Cableway (Russian: Нижегородская канатная дорога) is a 3660-meter-long gondola lift cable car connecting the city of Nizhny Novgorod...
Electric Pylon Racing F5J – Electric Motor Glider – Thermal Duration FAI – Drone Racing (F3U) Class S – space model Class U – unmanned aerial vehicle The...
The Seilbahn Zugspitze is an aerial tramway running from the Eibsee Lake to the top of Zugspitze in Bavaria, Germany. It currently[update] holds the world...
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