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The aerial lift is not a new creation; it has been around for hundreds of years now in various forms. The three most common types of aerial lifts are aerial trams, gondola lifts, and Funifors.

The aerial tram was the first type of aerial lift available. Invented by Adam Wiebe in 1644, the tram was used for mining and other industrial purposes until the early 1900s when it began to be used for the transportation of people. The 1920s saw the rise of using trams and cars as sight-seeing investments due to the economic boom’s creating a middle class. This middle class was very interested in spending its leisure money on such adventures; as a result, the Swiss, German, and Austrian Alps were able to be seen from the comfort of a tram car for the first time ever.

Gondola lifts are often mistakenly thought to be the same as aerial tramways. The difference is that while an aerial tramway uses a fixed cable system to suspend gondolas and actually moves the gondolas or cars attached with another rope or cable, the gondola lift uses a moving cable. Cars or gondolas are attached directly to the moving cable.The Funifor is another type of aerial lift which uses two fixed cables with two cars being pulled by a haul rope. Its main attraction is that in high-wind situations its two cars can be pulled up beside each other and bridged in order to aid in a rescue attempt.

Today, aerial lifts are used for a limited number of activities. One common use is to get tools and such around at construction sites or within buildings where manufacturing is happening. A more unique use of the aerial lift is by NASA as an emergency escape method. Two launch pads at Cape Canaveral have emergency escape aerial lifts for the launch staff and astronauts to use for a quick get-away should anything go wrong and create a dangerous situation. Probably the best-known use of an aerial lift system is the ski lifts that many people are familiar with. These can be found at multiple ski resorts and parks and will generally give skiers a lift to the top or bottom of the mountain.

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