cableway

[ key-buhl-wey ]

noun

1. a system for hoisting and hauling bulk materials, consisting of a cable or pair of cables suspended between two towers, on which travels a carriage from which a bucket is suspended: used in heavy construction work, in storage plants, etc.

cableway

/ ˈkeɪbəlˌweɪ /

noun

1. a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers

Word History and Origins

Origin of cableway¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; cable + way ¹

Example Sentences

An electric cableway of 900 ft. span capable of carrying 10 tons was used in erection.

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Across from above the lock walls came two empty buckets, carried on pulleys on the cableway.

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The cableway is much used in the erection of masonry piers for bridges across rivers or valleys.

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The cableway is so economical in its working that it has greatly advanced the process of "open-pit" mining.

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Count Piscicelli's electric post is an adaptation of the electric cableway to the needs of parcel and letter distribution.

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