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Public Funiculars, Elevators and Aerial Tramways
This section is intended to include non-intramural systems that
connect two distinct locations and were at least originally built as
general public transit services (not as tourist attractions). It does
not include intramural aerial tramways at ski resorts etc.
San Francisco's cable cars are
street railways and are therefore listed under light rail systems.
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Lookout
Mountain Incline)
- Dubuque, Iowa (Fenelon Place Elevator)
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Inclined Plane)
- Los Angeles, California (Angel's Flight; currently out of service
after a fatal accident)
- Memphis, Tennessee (Mud Island
monorail) [also listed under monorails;
listed here because it's cable-driven]
- Mountain Village, Colorado (aerial tramway to Telluride)
- New York, New York (Roosevelt Island aerial tramway)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(Monongahela and Duquesne Inclines)
- Oregon City, Oregon (Municipal Elevator)
- Quebec City, Quebec (funicular)
Outside North America
Other Sites
- Michel Azéma's Funimag,
with information about funiculars around the world.
This page was last updated on 21 April 2006.
This page is © 2006 by Jon Bell (jbell at presby.edu),
who is solely responsible for
its content.