ropeway
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ropeway
Example Sentences
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Cracks have developed in more than 600 of some 4,500 buildings - including a local temple and a ropeway - in an area which officials say is 350m wide.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2023
A few commuter train stations also shut off escalators, and an amusement park in Yokohama, a city near Tokyo, turned off the lights on its Ferris wheel and ropeway at night, the Nikkei Shimbun reported.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2022
Midway up the ropeway, hail had started coming down, and I rushed inside the temple.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
They cry out, they reach, they raise their phones to commemorate the mundane, and he strides on—middle of the fairway, middle of the ropeway, seen but not touched.
From Golf Digest ● May 5, 2018
This ropeway can deal with 85 tons per hour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
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