Tallest Pylons
Name | Year built | Country | Town | Height | Remarks |
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Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III | 1966 | Austria | Kaprun | 113.6 m | The tallest pylon is on the third section |
Mississippi Aerial River Transit | 1984 | USA | New Orleans | 109 m | The tallest pylon on a gondola lift; on 87 m pile foundations; demolished 1994 |
Torre Jaume I | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 107 m | Intermediate stop of the harbour aerial tramway, also observation tower |
Gant Hohtaelli aerial tramway | Switzerland | Zermatt | 94 m | One pylon | |
London Emirates Air Line | Early 2012 | UK | London | 88 m | North Main Tower. River Thames aerial crossing between Greenwich Peninsular and Royal Docks |
Singapore cable car | 1972 | Singapore | Singapore | 88 m | Pylon I |
Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 85 m | Pylon II |
Nizhny Novgorod Volga Aerial Tramway, Tower 4 & 5 | 2012 | Russia | Nizhny Novgorod | 82 m | |
Mittersill goods aerial tramway | 194? | Austria | Mittersill | 80 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 car | 1972 | Singapore | Singapore | 80 m | Pylon II |
3S Aerial Tramway | 2004 | Austria | Kitzbühel | 80 m | One pylon |
Torre Sant Sebastia | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 78 m | Terminal of harbour aerial tramway |
Roosevelt Island Tramway | 1976 | USA | New York City | 76 m | Central pylon of commuter tramway |
Wendelstein Aerial Tramway | 1970 | Germany | Bayerischzell-Osterhofen | 75 m | |
Vinpearl Cable Car | 2007 | Vietnam | Nha Trang | 75 m | 7 pylons standing in the sea. Total height from sea bed is 115 m |
Sandia Peak Tramway | 1965 | USA | Albuquerque | 70.7 m | Pylon 1, inclined at an angle of 18 degrees |
Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 65 m | Pylon I |
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