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.”

CEFR level