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Aerial lift pylon

Pylon of the Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun, the tallest in the world until 2017

An aerial lift pylon is a pylon construction bearing the cables of an aerial lift such as an aerial tramway or gondola lift. Large pylons of aerial tramways usually consist of a steel framework construction, smaller pylons of gondola lifts are made of tubular steel. Early aerial tramways often had pylons of reinforced concrete and ropeway conveyors had timber pylons, if they were cheaper than steel pylons.

Pylons are not designed as a stopping-off point for passengers or goods, but some are designed to allow maintenance staff access to the cars. Some pylons have built-in ladders or stairs for maintenance access, and some taller examples have an elevator. The best-known and now seventh-tallest pylon is the Torre Jaume I in Barcelona. The tallest gondola lift support tower is the 214,8 m (704,7 ft) Cat Hai – Phu Long cable car which opened in june 2020. The tallest aerial tramway support tower in the world is Tower 2 of Ha Long Queen Cable Car built in 2016 which is 189 m (620 ft) tall.

Tallest pylons

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Cat Hai – Phu Long cable car 2020 Vietnam Cat Hai – Phu Long 214.8 m Tallest gondola lift support tower in the world
Tower 2 of Ha Long Queen Cable Car[1] 2016 Vietnam Ha Long 189 m Tallest aerial tramway support tower in the world
Seilbahn Zugspitze 2017 Germany Grainau 127 m Only pylon, the previous Eibsee Seilbahn had two
Lutugino Mine Aerial Tramway Terminal[2][3] 1963 Ukraine Torez 123.14 dismalted in 2014, was the tallest aerial tramway in the world when built, used for transporting waste material from a coal mine, tallest guyed aerial tramway ever built
Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III 1966 Austria Kaprun 113.6 m The tallest pylon is on the third section
Skyway Monte Bianco, Section 2 2015 Italy Courmayeur 110 m
Mississippi Aerial River Transit 1984 USA New Orleans 109 m The tallest pylon on a gondola lift; on 87 m pile foundations; demolished 1994
Torre Jaume I 1931 Spain Barcelona 107 m Intermediate stop of the harbour aerial tramway, also observation tower
Gant Hohtaelli aerial tramway Switzerland Zermatt 94 m One pylon
London Emirates Air Line Early 2012 UK London 88 m North Main Tower. River Thames aerial crossing between Greenwich Peninsular and Royal Docks
Singapore cable car 1972 Singapore Singapore 88 m Pylon I
Eibsee Aerial Tramway 1962 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen 85 m Pylon II - now replaced by the newer Zugspitze Seilbahn
Nizhny Novgorod Volga Aerial Tramway, Tower 4 & 5 2012 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 82 m
Mittersill goods aerial tramway 194? Austria Mittersill 80 m Two pylons for a tramway that never went in service and was demolished in the 1950s. One of the pylons was built of timber, the other of steel.
Singapore cable car 1972 Singapore Singapore 80 m Pylon II
3S Aerial Tramway 2004 Austria Kitzbühel 80 m One pylon
Torre Sant Sebastia 1931 Spain Barcelona 78 m Terminal of harbour aerial tramway
Roosevelt Island Tramway 1976 USA New York City 76 m Central pylon of commuter tramway
Wendelstein Aerial Tramway 1970 Germany Bayerischzell-Osterhofen 75 m
Vinpearl Cable Car 2007 Vietnam Nha Trang 75 m 7 pylons standing in the sea. Total height from sea bed is 115 m
Sandia Peak Tramway 1965 USA Albuquerque 70.7 m Pylon 1, inclined at an angle of 18 degrees
Eibsee Aerial Tramway 1962 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen 65 m Pylon I
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tower 2 of Ha Long Queen Cable Car, Ha Long - SkyscraperPage.com".
  2. ^ Aerial Tramway Terminal of Lutugin Mine
  3. ^ "Lutugino Mine Aerial Tramway Terminal (Torez)".
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