Design of an Aerial Tramway

Author: Piper, John William

Year: 1924

Degree: Bachelor's thesis

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Committee Member: None, None

Option: Civil Engineering

DOI: 10.7907/GY7J-S924

Abstract

An Aerial Tramway is a device for transporting material in receptacles over wire ropes supported at various elevations above the ground by means of posts or standards. Wire rope has been known for many centuries, and there is a drawing of a ropeway appearing in a book dated 1411.

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