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Active cableway between the Vicat quarry in Sassenage and their plant in Saint-Égrève crossing over the A48 motorway west of Grenoble, France
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View along the Forsby-Köping limestone cableway, Sweden
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Etching of the world's first cable car, created by Adam Wybe in Gdańsk (etching by Willem Hondius)
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Material ropeway in Nußloch, Germany

A material ropeway, ropeway conveyor (or aerial tramway in the US)[1]: 659  is a subtype of gondola lift or aerial tramway, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended.

Description

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Material ropeways are typically found around large mining concerns, and can be of considerable length. The COMILOG Cableway, which ran from Moanda in Gabon to Mbinda in the Republic of the Congo, was over 75 km (47 mi) in length. The Kristineberg-Boliden ropeway in Sweden had a length of 96 km (60 mi).

Conveyors can be powered by a wide variety of forms of energy, such as electricity, engines, or gravity (particularly in mountainous mining concerns, or where running water is available).[2] Gravity-driven conveyors may qualify as zip-lines, as no electricity is used to operate them, instead relying on the weight of carts going down providing propulsion for empty carts going up.

Double-rope (bi-cable) ropeways, have a stationary carrying rope and a separate hauling rope that controls their movement. Single-rope (mono-cable) ropeways use one carrying-hauling rope.[3][4]

History

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The first recorded mechanical ropeway was by Croatian Fausto Veranzio who designed a bicable passenger ropeway in 1616. The world's first cable car on multiple supports was built by Adam Wybe in Gdańsk, Poland in 1644. It was powered by horses and used to move soil over the river to build defences.[5]

In Eritrea, the Italians built the Asmara-Massawa Cableway in 1936, which was 75 km (47 mi) long. The Manizales - Mariquita Cableway (1922) in Colombia was 73 km (45 mi) long.

Amongst the first material ropeways in India was the Amarkantak Ropeway[6] in Chaktipani, Korba, Chhattisgarh, which was 16.8 km (10.4 mi) long with capacity of 150 TPH constructed by Damodar Ropeways & Infra Ltd. (DRIL) (formerly known as (Damodar Enterprises Ltd. (DEL). It was made for Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) in collaboration with Nikex, Hungary.

In the United Kingdom, aerial ropeways used for conveying mining goods and materials were historically common; however, just one remains in existence and operation, in Claughton, Lancashire, constructed in 1924 and used for quarrying shale to make bricks. It is scheduled to be demolished in 2036, once the last of the shale has been quarried.[7][8]

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Closed ropeways

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Ropeway line / Company System Type Support type Length Fall/Rise City/State Country In operation Notes
American Agricultural Chemical CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodSearsport, MaineBERJAYA USA
Maine Insane HospitalTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood1,050 feet150 feetAugusta, MaineBERJAYA USA 1899 -
Plymouth Cordage CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeSteel1,150 feetPlymouth, MassachusettsBERJAYA USA
Farnam-Cheshire Lime CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodCheshire, MassachusettsBERJAYA USA
Cayuga Lake Cement CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope2,340 feetIthaca, New YorkBERJAYA USA 1901 -
Magnetic Iron Ore CompanyTrenton-Bleichert290 feet25 riseBenson Mines, New YorkBERJAYA USA
Solvay Process CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood16,500 feet239 feetSyracuse, New YorkBERJAYA USA
Warner's Portland Cement CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,056 feet48 feetSyracuse, New YorkBERJAYA USA
Catskill Cement CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope4,170 feetSmith's Landing, New YorkBERJAYA USA
Witherbees, Sherman & CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope3,668 feet406 feetPort Henry, New YorkBERJAYA USA
United States Military AcademyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeIron1,640 feetWest Point, New YorkBERJAYA USA 1901 -
Edgewater Lime WorksTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope360 feet20 feetEdgewater, New JerseyBERJAYA USA 1901 -
Vermont Marble CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,600 feetProctor, VermontBERJAYA USA 1894 -
New England Talc CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood2,400 feetStockbridge, VermontBERJAYA USA
Hickory Hill Mine[9] Double-rope Steel 13,200 feet Saxton, Pennsylvania BERJAYA USA 1929-1944 coal mine to power plant
Pottsville Iron and Steel CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,100 feet70 feetPottsville, PennsylvaniaBERJAYA USA
Cambria Steel CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeSteel3,260 feetJohnstown, PennsylvaniaBERJAYA USA
Curwensville Fire Brick CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope2,337 feetBolivar, PennsylvaniaBERJAYA USA 1903 -
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron CompanyTrenton-BleichertSingle cable reversibleWest Shenandoah Colliery, PennsylvaniaBERJAYA USA
Keystone Plaster CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,500 feetChester, PennsylvaniaBERJAYA USA
Keystone Plaster CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,400 feet200 feetEast Brady, PennsylvaniaBERJAYA USA
St. Bernard Coal CompanyTrenton-BleichertSingle cable reversibleWood600 feetEarlington, KentuckyBERJAYA USA
East Shore Terminal CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood700 feetlevelCharleston, South CarolinaBERJAYA USA
East Shore Terminal CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood650 feetlevelCharleston, South CarolinaBERJAYA USA
Pulaski Iron CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope960 feet494 feetBuchanan, VirginiaBERJAYA USA
Royal Coal and Coke CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope2,800 feet820 feetPrince, West VirginiaBERJAYA USA
Bagdad Chase Gold Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodAtlanta, IdahoBERJAYA USA 1903 - 1931
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope9,000 feet713 feetWardner, IdahoBERJAYA USA 1891 -
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,200 feet370 feetWardner, IdahoBERJAYA USA
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope320 feetlevelMinneapolis, MinnesotaBERJAYA USA
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodKoehler, New MexicoBERJAYA USA
United States Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodBingham, UtahBERJAYA USA
Highland Boy Gold Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood12,700 feetBingham, UtahBERJAYA USA
Highland Boy Gold Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope20,975 feetBingham Canyon, UtahBERJAYA USA 1910 -
Utah Consolidated Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodBingham Canyon, UtahBERJAYA USA
Yampa Smelting CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodBingham, UtahBERJAYA USA
Vallejo Tunnel and Mine CompanyHallidieSingle-ropeWood2,400 feet600 feetLittle Cottonwood, UtahBERJAYA USA 1872 - 1874
North American Copper CompanyLeschenDouble-ropeWood16 milesGrand Encampment, WyomingBERJAYA USA 1904 -
Nevada Gypsum CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodMound House, NevadaBERJAYA USA
Gold Prince Mine TramwayTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWoodAnimas Forks, ColoradoBERJAYA USA 1906 -
Compromise Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope3,200 feet920 feetAspen, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Aspen Public Tramway CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood9,850 feet2,409 feetAspen, ColoradoBERJAYA USA 1890 - 1893
Carbon Coal and Coke CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeSteelTrinidad, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Old Hundred Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood1,850 feet1,050 feetHowardsville, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Victor Fuel CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,850 feet57 feetHastings, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
St. Bernard Coal CompanyTrenton-BleichertSingle cable reversible2,370 feetDenver, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Old Hundred Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood760 feet515 feetHowardsville, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Old Hundred Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood1,610 feetHowardsville, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Silver Age Mining and Milling CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope6,240 feet989 feetIdaho Springs, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Sunnyside Extension MineHusonSingle-rope2,279 feetSilverton, ColoradoBERJAYA USA 1891 -
Ross Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble cable reversibleWood1,400 feet524 feetSilverton, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Iowa Gold Mining and Milling CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble cable reversibleWood8,625 feetSilverton, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Shendandoah-Dives Mining CompanyDouble-ropeWood10,000 feetSilverton, ColoradoBERJAYA USA 1929 - 1960
Pay Rock MineHusonSingle-ropeWoodSilver Plume, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Smuggler Union MineTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope3,150 feetCreede, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Bachelor Commodore Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope3,310 feetCreede, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Bachelor Commodore Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertSingle cable reversibleWood850 feet400 feetCreede, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Smuggler Union MineTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope400 feetTelluride, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
San Juan Mining CompanyLeschen and SonsDouble-ropeWoodTelluride, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Colorado Fuel & Iron CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope2,370 feetDenver, ColoradoBERJAYA USA
Keane Wonder MineDouble-ropeWoodDeath Valley, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA
Four Metals Mining CompanyMontgomeryDouble-ropeWood5,5 milesKeeler, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA 1909 - 1914
Inyo Cerro Gordo Mining and Power CompanyLeschenDouble-ropeWood5,6 milesKeeler, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA 1914 - 1959
Morning Star Mine TramDouble-ropeWoodKeeler, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA
Mountain Ledge Gold Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope5,800 feet1,600 feetSierra City, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA
Saline Valley Salt CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood13,5 miles3,000 feetSwansea, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA 1913 - 1936
Eureka Slate CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope13,300 feetSlatington, CaliforniaBERJAYA USA
United Concentration CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope6,600 feet1,820 feetMonte Cristo, WashingtonBERJAYA USA
Oregon Gold Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope5,000 feet2,000 feetCornucopia, OregonBERJAYA USA
Old Dominion Copper CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,250 feetGlobe, ArizonaBERJAYA USA 1892 -
Keeler, Holcombe & CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope7,500 feet1,850 feetKelly Switch, New MexicoBERJAYA USA
Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope2,500 feetEl Paso, TexasBERJAYA USA
Bi-Metallic Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope9,750 feet1,225 feetGranite, MontanaBERJAYA USA
Granite Mountain Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope8,750 feet1,207 feetGranite, MontanaBERJAYA USA
Chilkoot Trail tramwaysTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood8,250 feet/7 miles1,070 feetChillkoot Pass, AlaskaBERJAYA USA 1898 -
Nowell Gold Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope11,600 feet2,297 feetJuneau, AlaskaBERJAYA USA
Mond Nickel CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope11,400 feetVictoria Mines, OntarioBERJAYA Canada
Laurentide Pulp CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,500 feet15 feetMontrealBERJAYA Canada
Compania Metalurgica de TorreonTrenton-BleichertSingle cable reversibleWood1,453 feet730 feetCoahuila, MexicoBERJAYA Mexico
La Gran Fundicion National MexicanaTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeWood8,650 feetSanta Catarina, MexicoBERJAYA Mexico
San Toy Mining CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeSteelChihuahuaBERJAYA Mexico
Thomas & SpillaneTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope825 feet425 feetSan Luis PotosíBERJAYA Mexico
Cia. Manufacturera de Ladrillos AreniscosTrenton-BleichertDouble-rope1,950 feetCoahBERJAYA Mexico
Trinidad Asphalt CompanyTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeIron5,100 feet80 feetLa Brea, TrinidadBERJAYA Trinidad
Compagnie HeitienneTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeIron12 milesPort de Paix, HaitiBERJAYA Haiti
Vivero Iron Ore Company- Mina de la SilvarosaTrenton-BleichertDouble-ropeIron625 feetVivero, SpainBERJAYA Spain 1899 -
British Australian Oil CompanyBleichertDouble-ropeSteel3.5 miles500 feetMurrurundi, New South Wales,BERJAYA Australia 1911-1915Carried oil shale[10]
Hoskins Iron & SteelSingle-ropeSteel0.75 milesCadia, New South WalesBERJAYA Australia 1918-1928Carried iron ore[11][12]
Kandos Cement CompanyNo.1Single-ropeSteel3 milesKandos, New South WalesBERJAYA Australia 1915-Carried limestone[13]
No.2Single-ropeSteel3.25 milesKandos, New South WalesBERJAYA Australia 1920-[13]
No.3Double-ropeSteelKandos, New South WalesBERJAYA Australia 1989-2011[13]
Warragamba Dam(Construction phase)Single-ropeSteel22 kmNear Penrith to Warragamba Dam construction site, New South WalesBERJAYA Australia c.1952-c.1960Carried gravel and sand[14]
Hellenic Mining CompanyDouble-ropeWood and Steel1,750 ftVasiliko, Larnaca DistrictBERJAYA Cyprus 1938-1978Constructed by British Ropeway Engineering Co.; carried Copper ore, gypsum
Oberwüstegiersdorf Material Ropeway1,093 m74 m riseOberwüstegiersdorf, SilesiaBERJAYA Poland before 1917 – 1975Quarry ropeway; locality was in Germany when built, later in Poland
Ruben–Rudolf Material Ropeway3,400 m60 m riseNeurode / Köpprich, Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland 1899 –Coalfield ropeway; locality was in Germany when opened, later in Poland
Maria Mine material ropewayapprox. 576 mWaldenburg (now Wałbrzych), Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland by 1912/1913 – by 1935Mine-to-spoil-tip ropeway; area was then Germany
Konradsthal–David- und Wigandgrube material ropeway1,608 mKonradsthal (now Konradów, Wałbrzych), Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland c. 1907 – before 1939Mining ropeway; area was then Germany
Theresaschacht material ropeway3,139 mWałbrzych / Kamieńsk (now part of Jedlina-Zdrój), Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland by early 1910s –Served the former Cäsar coal mine; area was then Germany
Melchorgrube–Eugenschacht Material Ropeway652 mWaldenburg (now Wałbrzych), Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland –Coalfield ropeway; area was then Germany
Johann-Baptista Mine material ropewayAdolf Bleichert & Co.c. 4,546 mSchlegel (now Słupiec, Nowa Ruda) – Mittelsteine, Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland before 1883 – 1904Built in German Silesia; closed before the area became Polish
Ruben–Kunzendorf Material Ropewayc. 1,260 m20 m riseNeurode / Kohlendorf – Kunzendorf, Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland 1910 – 1943Operated entirely while the area was still in Germany
Königswalde–Beutengrund Ropeway2,960 m89 m riseBeutengrund / Königswalde, Lower SilesiaBERJAYA Poland 1912 –Quarry ropeway; locality was in Germany when opened, later in Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Ernst, Richard (1989). Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik [Dictionary of Industrial Technology] (in German) (fifth ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter. ISBN 3-87097-145-2.
  2. ↑ Decker, Kris De (26 January 2011). "Aerial ropeways: automatic cargo transport for a bargain". lowtechmagazine.com. Low Tech Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Types of ropeway - LEITNER". www.leitner.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Ropeways - Double and Mono-Cable Systems".
  5. ↑ Masłowski, Aleksander. "Adam Wijbe (1584?-1653)". rzygacz.webd.pl (in Polish). Akademia Rzygaczy. Archived from the original on 3 December 2006.
  6. ↑ "Tracing the course of infra technology Indian ropeways have been using since the 1970s". The Financial Express. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  7. ↑ Scott, Tom (12 July 2021). "The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  8. ↑ "Claughton Aerial Ropeway". nationaltransporttrust.org.uk. National Transport Trust. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ Baughman, John (2004). Saxton: The history of the most interesting little town in Pennsylvania. Saxton, Pennsylvania. p. 115. ISBN 0-04-002400-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ↑ "Shale Works at Murrurundi". Muswellbrook Chronicle. 1911-09-30. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  11. ↑ "CADIA: THE LAND OF PROMISE". Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945). 1918-11-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  12. ↑ "CADIA". Bathurst Times. 1918-09-27. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  13. 1 2 3 Kandos History (2019-05-23). "Beneath a Moving Ropeway at Kandos". Kandos History. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  14. ↑ "1951-1952". www.waternsw.com.au. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
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