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cable tramway — noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers • Syn: ↑tramway, ↑tram, ↑aerial tramway, ↑ropeway • Hypernyms: ↑conveyance, ↑transport * * * tramway ( … Useful english dictionary
cable tramway — /keɪbəl ˈtræmweɪ/ (say kaybuhl tramway) noun a tramway on which the cars are pulled by a moving cable under the roadway …
Melbourne cable tramway system — See also: Trams in Melbourne Cable tram dummy and trailer on the St Kilda Line in Melbourne in 1905. The Melbourne cable tramway system was a cable car public transportation system operated from 1885 to 1940 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The … Wikipedia
Matlock Cable Tramway — Tram on Bank Road … Wikipedia
Omaha Cable Tramway Company — The Cable Tramway Company of Omaha, Nebraska started in 1884 and ended in 1895.[1] was the only cable car line ever built in Omaha, and had only four lines of tracks in operation.[2] History The Omaha Cable Tramway Company was originally formed… … Wikipedia
Upper Douglas Cable Tramway — The Upper Douglas Cable Tramway was a tram line serving Upper Douglas. It opened on 15 August 1896 and closed on 19 August 1929. [http://www.cable car guy.com/html/ccuk.html Cable Car guy] ] HistoryDouglas Corporation persuaded the Isle of Man… … Wikipedia
Dunedin cable tramway system — A Roslyn Cable Car in Kaikorai Valley Dunedin near the old Stuart Street Cable Car Terminus. The Dunedin cable tramway system was a group of cable tramway lines in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is significant as Dunedin was the second city… … Wikipedia
Cable car (railway) — A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are… … Wikipedia
cable railway — noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars • Syn: ↑funicular, ↑funicular railway • Derivationally related forms: ↑funicular (for: ↑funicular) • … Useful english dictionary
tramway — /tram way /, n. 1. a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads. 2. Brit. tramline. 3. Mining. a track, usually elevated, or roadway for mine haulage. 4. Also called aerial railway, aerial tramway, cable tramway,… … Universalium
