Bi-cable gondola type tramway provides all weather access to Sugar Bowl Lodge in California's Sierra Nevada; 12 gondolas have steel frames covered by aluminum skin; 75-hp electric motor powers tramway with max speed of 400 fpm; capacity reaches 300 persons per hr.


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    Title :

    Aerial tramway -- Access to winter resort


    Additional title:

    Eng News-Rec


    Published in:

    Engineering News-Record ; 154 , n 2 ; p 43


    Publication date :

    1955


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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