An aerial lift pylon is a pylon construction bearing the cables of an aerial lift such as an aerial tramway or gondola lift. Large pylons of aerial tramways usually consist of a steel framework construction, smaller pylons of gondola lifts are made of tubular steel. Early aerial tramways often had pylons of reinforced concrete and ropeway conveyors had timber pylons, if they were cheaper than steel pylons.
Pylons are not designed as a stopping-off point for passengers or goods, but some are designed to allow maintenance staff access to the cars. Some pylons have built-in ladders or stairs for maintenance access, and some taller examples have an elevator. The best-known and now seventh-tallest pylon is the Torre Jaume I in Barcelona. The tallest gondola lift support tower is the 214,8 m (704,7 ft) Cat Hai – Phu Long cable car which opened in june 2020. The tallest aerial tramway support tower in the world is Tower 2 of Ha Long Queen Cable Car built in 2016 which is 189 m (620 ft) tall.
Tallest pylons
Cat Hai – Phu Long cable car 2020 Vietnam Cat Hai – Phu Long Tallest gondola lift support tower in the world Tower 2 of Ha Long Queen Cable Car 2016 Vietnam Ha Long Tallest aerial tramway support tower in the world Mokpo Cable Car, Tower 5 2018 South Korea Mokpo Aerial tramway crossing of Yeongsan river Seilbahn Zugspitze 2017 Germany Grainau Only pylon, the previous Eibsee Seilbahn had two Lutugino Mine Aerial Tramway TerminalAerial Tramway Terminal of Lutugin Mine 1963 Ukraine Torez dismasted in 2014, was the tallest aerial tramway in the world when built, used for transporting waste material from a coal mine, tallest guyed aerial tramway ever built Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III1966AustriaKaprunThe tallest pylon is on the third sectionSkyway Monte Bianco, Section 22015ItalyCourmayeur Mississippi Aerial River Transit1984USANew OrleansThe tallest pylon on a gondola lift; on 87 m pile foundations; demolished 1994Torre Jaume I1931SpainBarcelona107 m Intermediate stop of the harbour aerial tramway, also observation towerGant Hohtaelli aerial tramwaySwitzerlandZermatt 94 mOne pylon London Emirates Air LineEarly 2012UKLondonNorth Main Tower. River Thames aerial crossing between Greenwich Peninsular and Royal DocksSingapore cable car1972SingaporeSingapore88 mPylon IEibsee Aerial Tramway1962GermanyGarmisch-Partenkirchen85 mPylon II - now replaced by the newer Zugspitze SeilbahnNizhny Novgorod Volga Aerial Tramway, Tower 4 & 52012RussiaNizhny Novgorod82 mMittersill goods aerial tramway194?AustriaMittersill80 m Two pylons for a tramway that never went in service and was demolished in the 1950s. One of the pylons was built of timber, the other of steel.Singapore cable car1972SingaporeSingapore80 mPylon II3S Aerial Tramway2004AustriaKitzbühel80 mOne pylonTorre Sant Sebastia1931SpainBarcelona78 m Terminal of harbour aerial tramwayRoosevelt Island Tramway1976USANew York City76 mCentral pylon of commuter tramwayWendelstein Aerial Tramway1970GermanyBayerischzell-Osterhofen75 m Vinpearl Cable Car2007VietnamNha Trang75 m7 pylons standing in the sea. Total height from sea bed is 115 mTower 3 of Solina Gondola Lift2021PolandSolina75 mSandia Peak Tramway1965USAAlbuquerquePylon 1, inclined at an angle of 18 degreesEibsee Aerial Tramway1962GermanyGarmisch-Partenkirchen65 mPylon I
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See also Architectural structure List of nonbuilding structure types Tower Structural engineering
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External links
http://en.structurae.de/structures/ftype/index.cfm?ID=4103 Collection of aerial tramway support pillars on Skyscraperpage.com