Meaning of telpher line | Babel Free

Definitions

An electrically-powered track and cable designed for conveying freight-filled vehicles.

Examples

“It must not be supposed that I look⟳ on the new telpher lines as likely to compete⟳ with railways or injure⟳ their traffic.”

“As a rule⟳, telpher lines are of comparatively limited length. Originally, all telpher lines consisted of an elevated road, formed of a wire cable, on which vantages electrically propelled cars ran.”

“The question⟳ was finally decided by installing several new vertical retorts and an electric telpher line to replace⟳ manual charging and converying systems.”

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