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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Ropeway Fundamentals
The building blocks of cable-hauled transport — wire rope and sheaves, tension and catenary sag, friction and grade, the physics every ropeway rests on.
6 entriesLift Types & Technology
The families of ropeway: chairlifts and surface lifts, monocable and tricable gondolas, funiculars and rack railways, and the engineering that tells them apart.
9 entriesHistory & Pioneers
The engineers and manufacturers behind modern ropeways — the invention of wire rope, the aerial-tramway pioneers, and the companies still building lifts today.
4 entriesEngineering & Safety
The margins that keep a ropeway running safely — factor of safety, fatigue and corrosion, non-destructive testing, and the wind and avalanche loads towers are built for.
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