History & Pioneers

The engineers and manufacturers behind modern ropeways — the invention of wire rope, the aerial-tramway pioneers, and the companies still building lifts today.

Adolf Bleichert

Telpherage

Roman Abt

Niklaus Riggenbach

CABLERIDER

How the ropeways work — cable cars, gondolas, and funiculars, explained.

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