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Cable Car History
Fixed-Grip vs Detachable: How Cable Car Grips Actually Work
The grip is the small mechanical part that decides whether a whole lift line runs at a slow, steady crawl or a brisk clip with slow-loading stations. Here's how the two main types differ.
A Short History of the Aerial Tramway
From industrial ore-hauling ropeways to the first passenger aerial tramway over a Swiss glacier, this is a brief history of how cable cars in the sky became mainstream transport.