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{{Short description|Type of gondola lift designed for transport of goods}}
[[File:Télébenne Vicat P1740057.jpg|thumb|Active cableway between the [[Vicat]] [[quarry]] in [[Sassenage]] and their plant in [[Saint-Égrève]] crossing over the [[A48 autoroute|A48 motorway]] west of [[Grenoble]], France]]
[[File:Kalklinbanan-Granhammar.jpg|thumb|View along the [[Forsby-Köping limestone cableway]], Sweden]]
[[File:Willem Hondius cable car.jpg|thumb|Etching of the world's first cable car, created by Adam Wybe in [[Gdańsk]] (etching by [[Willem Hondius]])]]
[[File:Materialseilbahn Nussloch.JPG|thumb|Material ropeway in [[Nußloch]], Germany]]
A '''material ropeway''', '''ropeway conveyor''' (or '''aerial tramway''' in the US)<ref>{{cite book |last=Ernst |first=Richard |title=Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik |trans-title=Dictionary of Industrial Technology |date=1989 |edition=fifth |location=Wiesbaden |publisher=Oscar Brandstetter |language=de |isbn=3-87097-145-2}}</ref>{{rp|659}} is a subtype of [[gondola lift]], from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended.

==Description==
Material ropeways are typically found around large [[mining]] concerns, and can be of considerable length. The [[COMILOG Cableway]], which ran from [[Moanda, Gabon|Moanda]] in [[Gabon]] to [[Mbinda]] in the [[Republic of the Congo]], was over {{cvt|75|km}} in length. The [[Norsjö ropeway|Kristineberg-Boliden ropeway]] in [[Sweden]] had a length of {{cvt|96|km}}.

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).<ref>{{cite web |last=Decker |first=Kris De |url=http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/01/aerial-ropeways-automatic-cargo-transport.html |title=Aerial ropeways: automatic cargo transport for a bargain |date=26 January 2011 |website=lowtechmagazine.com |publisher=Low Tech Magazine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907005719/http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/01/aerial-ropeways-automatic-cargo-transport.html |archive-date=7 September 2012 |access-date=28 January 2011 }}</ref> Gravity-driven conveyors may qualify as [[zip-line]]s, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Types of ropeway - LEITNER |url=https://www.leitner.com/en/company/useful-information/types-of-ropeway/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=www.leitner.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ropeways - Double and Mono-Cable Systems |url=https://www.environmental-expert.com/products/double-and-mono-cable-systems-587503}}</ref>

==History==
The first recorded mechanical ropeway was by [[Croatia]]n [[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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Masłowski |first=Aleksander |url=http://www.rzygacz.webd.pl/index.php?id=37,288,0,0,1,0 |title=Adam Wijbe (1584?-1653) |website=rzygacz.webd.pl |publisher=Akademia Rzygaczy |language=pl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061203001822/http://www.rzygacz.webd.pl/index.php?id=37,288,0,0,1,0 |archive-date=3 December 2006}}</ref>

In [[Eritrea]], the [[Italians]] built the [[Asmara-Massawa Cableway]] in 1936, which was {{cvt|75|km}} long. The [[Manizales - Mariquita Cableway]] (1922) in [[Colombia]] was {{cvt|73|km}} long.

Amongst the first material ropeways in [[India]] was the Amarkantak Ropeway<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-20|title=Tracing the course of infra technology Indian ropeways have been using since the 1970s|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/tracing-the-course-of-infra-technology-indian-ropeways-have-been-using-since-the-1970s/2236957/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref> in Chaktipani, Korba, Chhattisgarh, which was {{cvt|16.8|km}} 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, Lancaster|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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Scott (entertainer) |title=The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036. |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=6RiYXI1Tfu4&feature=youtu.be  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6RiYXI1Tfu4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|date=12 July 2021 |website=youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/claughton-aerial-ropeway |title=Claughton Aerial Ropeway |website=nationaltransporttrust.org.uk |publisher=[[National Transport Trust]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210720102828/https://www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/claughton-aerial-ropeway |archive-date=20 July 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021 }}</ref>

==List==

=== Closed ropeways ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Ropeway line / Company
! style="background:#efefef;" | System
! style="background:#efefef;" | Type
! style="background:#efefef;" | Support type
! style="background:#efefef;" | Length
! style="background:#efefef;" | Fall/Rise
! style="background:#efefef;" | City/State
! Country
! style="background:#efefef;" | In operation
! style="background:#efefef;" | Notes
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|American Agricultural Chemical Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Searsport, Maine || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Maine Insane Hospital || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 1,050 feet || 150 feet || Augusta, Maine || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1899 - ||
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|Plymouth Cordage Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Steel || 1,150 feet || ||Plymouth, Massachusetts || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Farnam-Chesire Lime Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Chesire, Massachusetts || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Cayuga Lake Cement Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 2,340 feet || || Ithaca, New York || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1901 - ||
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|Magnetic Iron Ore Company || Trenton-Bleichert || || || 290 feet || 25 rise || Benson Mines, New York || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Solvay Process Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 16,500 feet || 239 feet || Syracuse, New York || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Warner's Portland Cement Company ||Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,056 feet || 48 feet || Syracuse, New York || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Catskill Cement Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 4,170 feet || || Smith's Landing, New York || {{Flag|USA}} 
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| Witherbees, Sherman & Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 3,668 feet || 406 feet || Port Henry, New York || {{Flag|USA}}
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|United States Military Academy || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Iron || 1,640 feet || || West Point, New York || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1901 - ||
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|Edgewater Lime Works || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 360 feet || 20 feet || Edgewater, New Jersey || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1901 - ||
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|Vermont Marble Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,600 feet || || Proctor, Vermont || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1894 - ||
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|New England Talc Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 2,400 feet || ||Stockbridge, Vermont || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Pottsville Iron and Steel Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,100 feet || 70 feet || Pottsville, Pennsylvania || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Cambria Steel Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Steel || 3,260 feet || ||Johnstown, Pennsylvania || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Curwensville Fire Brick Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 2,337 feet || || Bolivar, Pennsylvania || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1903 - ||
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|Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Single cable reversible || || || || West Shenandoah Colliery, Pennsylvania || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Keystone Plaster Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,500 feet || ||Chester, Pennsylvania || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Keystone Plaster Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,400 feet || 200 feet || East Brady, Pennsylvania || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|St. Bernard Coal Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Single cable reversible || Wood || 600 feet || || Earlington, Kentucky || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|East Shore Terminal Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 700 feet || level || Charleston, South Carolina || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|East Shore Terminal Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope|| Wood || 650 feet || level || Charleston, South Carolina || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Pulaski Iron Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope ||960 feet || 494 feet || || Buchanan, Virginia || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Royal Coal and Coke Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 2,800 feet || 820 feet || Prince, West Virginia || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Bagdad Chase Gold Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Atlanta, Idaho || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1903 - 1931 ||
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|Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 9,000 feet || 713 feet || Wardner, Idaho || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1891 - ||
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|Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,200 feet || 370 feet || Wardner, Idaho || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 320 feet || level || Minneapolis, Minnesota || {{Flag|USA}}
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|St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Koehler, New Mexico || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|United States Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Bingham, Utah || {{flag|USA}} 
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|Highland Boy Gold Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 12,700 feet || ||Bingham, Utah || {{flag|USA}} 
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|Highland Boy Gold Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 20,975 feet || ||Bingham Canyon, Utah || {{flag|USA}}
| 1910 - || 
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|Utah Consolidated Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Bingham Canyon, Utah || {{flag|USA}} 
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|Yampa Smelting Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Bingham, Utah || {{Flag|USA}} 
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| Vallejo Tunnel and Mine Company || Hallidie || Single-rope || Wood || 2,400 feet || 600 feet || Little Cottonwood, Utah || {{Flag|USA}}
|1872 - 1874 || 
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|North American Copper Company || Leschen || Double-rope || Wood || 16 miles || ||Grand Encampment, Wyoming || {{Flag|USA}}
| 1904 - ||
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|Nevada Gypsum Company|| Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Mound House, Nevada || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Gold Prince Mine Tramway || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || || || Animas Forks, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
| 1906 - ||
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|Compromise Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 3,200 feet || 920 feet || Aspen, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}}
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|[https://aspenjournalism.org/the-aspen-public-tramway-the-first-bucket-on-aspen-mountain/ Aspen Public Tramway Company] || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 9,850 feet || 2,409 feet || Aspen, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}}
| 1890 - 1893 ||
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|Carbon Coal and Coke Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Steel || || || Trinidad, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Old Hundred Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 1,850 feet || 1,050 feet || Howardsville, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Victor Fuel Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,850 feet || 57 feet || Hastings, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|St. Bernard Coal Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Single cable reversible ||  || 2,370 feet || || Denver, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Old Hundred Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 760 feet || 515 feet || Howardsville, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Old Hundred Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 1,610 feet || || Howardsville, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Silver Age Mining and Milling Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 6,240 feet || 989 feet || Idaho Springs, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Sunnyside Extension Mine || Huson || Single-rope || || 2,279 feet || || Silverton, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}}
| 1891 -  ||
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|Ross Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double cable reversible || Wood || 1,400 feet || 524 feet || Silverton, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Iowa Gold Mining and Milling Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double cable reversible || Wood || 8,625 feet || ||Silverton, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Shendandoah-Dives Mining Company || || Double-rope || Wood || 10,000 feet || ||Silverton, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}}
|1929 - 1960  ||
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|Pay Rock Mine || Huson || Single-rope || Wood || || || Silver Plume, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Smuggler Union Mine || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 3,150 feet || || Creede, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Bachelor Commodore Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 3,310 feet || || Creede, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Bachelor Commodore Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Single cable reversible || Wood || 850 feet || 400 feet || Creede, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Smuggler Union Mine || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 400 feet || || Telluride, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|San Juan Mining Company || Leschen and Sons || Double-rope || Wood || || || Telluride, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Colorado Fuel & Iron Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 2,370 feet || || Denver, Colorado || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|[[Keane Wonder Mine]] ||Double-rope || Wood || || || || Death Valley, California || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Four Metals Mining Company || Montgomery || Double-rope || Wood || 5,5 miles || || Keeler, California || {{Flag|USA}} 
|1909 - 1914 ||
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|Inyo Cerro Gordo Mining and Power Company || Leschen || Double-rope || Wood || 5,6 miles || || Keeler, California || {{Flag|USA}} 
|1914 - 1959 ||
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|Morning Star Mine Tram ||  || Double-rope || Wood || || || Keeler, California ||  {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Mountain Ledge Gold Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 5,800 feet || 1,600 feet || Sierra City, California || {{Flag|USA}}
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|[[Saline Valley|Saline Valley Salt Company]]|| Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 13,5 miles || 3,000 feet || Swansea, California || {{Flag|USA}} 
|1913 - 1936 ||
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|Eureka Slate Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 13,300 feet || || Slatington, California || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|United Concentration Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 6,600 feet || 1,820 feet || Monte Cristo, Washington ||  {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Oregon Gold Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 5,000 feet || 2,000 feet || Cornucopia, Oregon || {{Flag|USA}}
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|Old Dominion Copper Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,250 feet || || Globe, Arizona ||  {{Flag|USA}} 
|1892 - ||
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|Keeler, Holcombe & Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 7,500 feet || 1,850 feet || Kelly Switch, New Mexico ||  {{Flag|USA}}
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|Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 2,500 feet || || El Paso, Texas ||  {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Bi-Metallic Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope  || || 9,750 feet || 1,225 feet || Granite, Montana || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Granite Mountain Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 8,750 feet || 1,207 feet || Granite, Montana || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Chilkoot Trail tramways || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 8,250 feet/7 miles || 1,070 feet || Chillkoot Pass, Alaska || {{Flag|USA}} 
|1898 - ||
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|Nowell Gold Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 11,600 feet || 2,297 feet || Juneau, Alaska || {{Flag|USA}} 
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|Mond Nickel Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 11,400 feet || || Victoria Mines, Ontario ||  {{Flag|Canada}} 
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|Laurentide Pulp Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,500 feet || 15 feet|| Montreal || {{Flag|Canada}} 
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|Compania Metalurgica de Torreon || Trenton-Bleichert || Single cable reversible || Wood || 1,453 feet || 730 feet || Coahuila, Mexico ||  {{Flag|Mexico}} 
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|La Gran Fundicion National Mexicana || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Wood || 8,650 feet || || Santa Catarina, Mexico || {{Flag|Mexico}} 
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|San Toy Mining Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Steel || || || Chihuahua ||  {{Flag|Mexico}} 
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|Thomas & Spillane || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 825 feet || 425 feet || San Luis Potosí || {{Flag|Mexico}} 
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|Cia. Manufacturera de Ladrillos Areniscos || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || || 1,950 feet || || Coah || {{Flag|Mexico}} 
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|Trinidad Asphalt Company || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Iron || 5,100 feet || 80 feet || La Brea, Trinidad ||  {{Flag|Trinidad}} 
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|Compagnie Heitienne || Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Iron || 12 miles || || Port de Paix, Haiti || {{Flag|Haiti}} 
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|Vivero Iron Ore Company- [[:es:Mina de la Silvarosa|Mina de la Silvarosa]]|| Trenton-Bleichert || Double-rope || Iron || 625 feet || || Vivero, Spain ||  {{Flag|Spain}} 
|1899 - ||
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|[[British Australian Oil Company]] || Bleichert || Double-rope || Steel || 3.5 miles || 500 feet || [[Murrurundi]], New South Wales, ||  {{Flag|Australia}} 
|1911-1915 || Carried [[oil shale]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1911-09-30 |title=Shale Works at Murrurundi. |pages=2 |work=Muswellbrook Chronicle |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107741215 |access-date=2022-06-14}}</ref>
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|[[Charles Hoskins|Hoskins Iron & Steel]] || || Single-rope || Steel || 0.75 miles || || [[Cadia, New South Wales]] || {{Flag|Australia}}
|1918-1928  || Carried iron ore<ref>{{Cite news |date=1918-11-29 |title=CADIA: THE LAND OF PROMISE. |pages=7 |work=Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945) |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117852244 |access-date=2020-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1918-09-27 |title=CADIA |pages=4 |work=Bathurst Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121237283 |access-date=2022-07-06}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |Kandos Cement Company || No.1 || Single-rope || Steel || 3 miles || || [[Kandos, New South Wales]] || {{Flag|Australia}}
|1915-  ||Carried limestone<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kandos History |date=2019-05-23 |title=Beneath a Moving Ropeway at Kandos |url=https://kandoshistory.com/2019/05/24/beneath-a-moving-ropeway-at-kandos/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Kandos History |language=en}}</ref>
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|No.2 || Single-rope || Steel || 3.25 miles || || [[Kandos, New South Wales]] ||  {{Flag|Australia}}
| 1920- || <ref name=":0" />
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|No.3 || Double-rope || Steel || || || [[Kandos, New South Wales]] ||  {{Flag|Australia}}
|1989-2011 || <ref name=":0" />
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|[[Warragamba Dam]] || (Construction phase) || Single-rope || Steel || 22&nbsp;km || || Near [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]] to Warragamba Dam construction site, New South Wales ||  {{Flag|Australia}}
| c.1952-c.1960 || Carried gravel and sand<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=1951-1952 |url=https://www.waternsw.com.au/supply/heritage/timeline/timeline/1951 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.waternsw.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* [[Ropeway (disambiguation)|Ropeway]]
* [[Zip-line]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.trainweb.org/italeritrea/teleferica1.htm La Teleferica Massaua-Asmara (pictures of Ethiopian ropeway)] www.trainweb.org
* [http://www.crspl.com Conveyor & Ropeways Services Pvt. Ltd.] www.crspl.com
* Low-tech Magazine: [http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/01/aerial-ropeways-automatic-cargo-transport.html "Aerial ropeways: automatic cargo transport for a bargain"]
*Financial Express: [https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/tracing-the-course-of-infra-technology-indian-ropeways-have-been-using-since-the-1970s/2236957/ "Tracing the course of infra technology Indian ropeways have been using since the 1970s"]
* [https://youtube.com/watch?v=7JTWc6jWZ9Q&feature=youtu.be An Unedited, Rain-Soaked Ride on Claughton's Aerial Ropeway]
*[https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/books/TrentonBleichertSystemofAerialTramways_10298216 Trenton-Bleichert System of Aerial Tramways]
*[https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/books/TheBleichertSystemofWireRopeTramways_10266675 The Bleichert System of Wire Rope Tramways]
*[https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/books/WireRopeTransportationinAllItsBranches_10438149 Wire Rope Transportation in All Its Branches]
*[https://openjournals.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/EANSW/article/download/4315/5028 Aerial Rope Transport by J. W. Mackie (1916)]

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