cableway

American  

[key-buhl-wey] / ˈkeɪ bəlˌweɪ /

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.

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cableway British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of cableway

First recorded in 1895–1900; cable + way ¹

Example Sentences

The 6.5-mile line, inaugurated in August, is the longest public cableway in the world, according to the city government.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

The last people were brought down at 00:33, the cableway said in a statement.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2018

After concluding that the idea would work, they fabricated 3,280 concrete tetrahedrons weighing 12 tons each near the dam site and dropped them into the channel from a cableway.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2010

It took cableway technicians using hand cranks 20 hours to rescue the last car and its passengers.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various