Aerial tramway support pillar
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An Aerial Tramway Support Pillar (ATSP) is a pylon-like construction bearing the cable(s) of an aerial tramway. They are usually of steel framework construction.
ATSPs are not designed as a stopping-off point for large numbers of passengers or goods, but some are designed to allow maintenance staff access to the cars. Some ATSPs have built-in ladders or stairs for maintenance access, and some taller examples have an elevator. The best-known and second-tallest ATSP is the Torre Jaume I in Barcelona. The tallest ATSP is used by the Gletscherbahn 1 at Kaprun, Austria, with a height of 113.7 metres. The tallest ATSP in Switzerland, with a height of 94 metres, is used by Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway.
ATSPs can be built from timber, lattice steel, tubular steel or reinforced concrete, and the vast majority of ATSPs are steel. Timber ATSPs are only on small aerial tramways for the transportation of goods. Concrete ATSPs are rather rare, due to financial and logistical restrictions.
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[edit] Tallest ATSPs
| Name | Year built | Country | Town | Height | Remarks |
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| Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III | 1966 | Austria | Kaprun | 113.6 m | The tallest ATSP is on the third section |
| 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 pillar | |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 85 m | Pillar II |
| Mittersill goods aerial tramway | 194? | Austria | Mittersill | 80 m | Two ATSPs for a tramway that never went in service and was demolished in the 1950s. One of the ATSPs was built of wood, the other of steel. |
| 3S Aerial Tramway | 2004 | Austria | Kitzbühel | 80 m | One ATSP |
| Torre Sant Sebastia | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 78 m | Terminal of harbour aerial tramway |
| Wendelstein Aerial Tramway | 1970 | Germany | Bischofsmais | 75 m | |
| Sandia Peak Tramway | 1965 | USA | Albuquerque | 70.7 m | Tower 1, inclined at an angle of 18 degrees |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 65 m | Pillar I |
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