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== Common modes of cable transport == [[File:Cable Transport 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Portland Aerial Tram]]|alt=An aerial tram part of a cable car system in Portland]] === Aerial transport === {{main|Aerial lift}} Forms of cable transport in which one or more cables are strung between supports of various forms and cars are suspended from these cables. {{div col|colwidth=23em}} * [[Aerial tramway]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Hewitt |first=W. |title=The Bleichert System of Aerial Tramways: Reversible Aerial Tramways. Aerial Tramways of Special Design |publisher=Trenton Iron Company |year=1909 |url=https://archive.org/details/bleichertsystem01hewigoog |access-date=July 9, 2018 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bleichertsystem01hewigoog/page/n15 11]}}</ref> * [[Chairlift]]<ref>{{cite book |author=United States. Forest Service |title=Tahoe National Forest (N.F.), Sugar Bowl Ski Resort Master Plan: Environmental Impact Statement |year=1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbI2AQAAMAAJ&pg=SA11-PA357 |access-date=July 9, 2018 |page=11βPA357}}</ref> * [[Funitel]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Kenney, Jim |title=Firsthand Report: Squaw Valley β This Place Has the Goods |website=DCSki |url=http://www.dcski.com/articles/1378 |access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> * [[Gondola lift]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=A.W. |last2=Secoy |first2=K. |last3=Jackson |first3=T. |title=The Global Canopy Handbook: Techniques of Access and Study in the Forest Roof |publisher=Global Canopy Programme |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-9542970-0-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqssAQAAMAAJ |access-date=July 9, 2018 |page=93}}</ref> * [[Ski lift]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Skiing Heritage Journal |publisher=International Skiing History Association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGEKnwu7ApEC&pg=PA26 |access-date=July 9, 2018 |page=26|date=June 2004}}</ref> * [[Zip line]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=E. |title=Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Backyard Recreation Projects |publisher=Quarto Publishing Group USA |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-61060-321-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVi5vYo9_BgC&pg=PA74 |access-date=July 9, 2018 |page=74}}</ref> {{div col end}} === Cable railways === {{main|Cable railway}} Forms of cable transport where cars on rails are hauled by cables. The rails are usually steeply inclined and usually at ground level. * [[Cable car (railway)|Cable car]]<ref name="cc">{{cite web |last1=Dailey |first1=Keli |title=Cable Car History |url=https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/cable-cars/cable-car-history |publisher=SFMTA |access-date=10 July 2018 |language=en |date=3 October 2017}}</ref> * [[Funicular]]<ref>{{cite web |title=What is a funicular railway? |url=https://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/civil/question512.htm |website=HowStuffWorks |access-date=10 July 2018 |language=en |date=14 November 2000}}</ref> ===Other=== Other forms of cable-hauled transport. * [[Cable ferry]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cable Ferries |url=https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/SNAME/72cc01e8-6276-4aemca-89d4-5b56078ba47d/UploadedFiles/Design%20&%20Analysis%20of%20a%20Cable%20Ferry.pdf |access-date=10 July 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Surface lift]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Aerial Tramways, Ski Lifts, and Tows: Description and Terminology |date=1975 |publisher=Forest Service |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MjNNAQAAMAAJ&q=surface+lift+description&pg=PA8 |access-date=10 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * [[Elevator]]<ref>{{cite web |title=How Elevators Work |url=https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/elevator3.htm |website=HowStuffWorks |access-date=10 July 2018 |language=en |date=12 February 2002}}</ref>
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