Cable-drawn systems that carry passengers above the ground, such as gondola lifts, aerial tramways and chairlifts. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the mode a gondola lift, aerial tramway, aerial lift or chairlift. It excludes rail-based cable systems. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Gondola Lift
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A gondola lift (cable car) is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above.
Wikipedia: Aerial Tramway
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An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway or ropeway is a type of aerial lift that uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third moving cable providing propulsion.
Wikipedia: Chairlift
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An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers.
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