An **aerial lift pylon** is a [pylon](/entry/tc-pylon) that supports the ropes ([haul rope](/entry/tc-haul-rope) and/or [track rope](/entry/tc-track-rope)) of an [aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift).

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aerial lift pylon

pylon

structure

tower

Cat Hai - Phu Long cable car pylon 2

A **structure** in this sense of the word is something that is designed and constructed from various components to achieve a specific purpose, such as a building or tower.

Photo of the {entry("i-cat-hai-phu-long-cable-car").link()}.

View of the Cat Hai - Phu Long cable car

View from near the top of the [Grouse Mountain Skyride](/entry/i-red-skyride).

Grouse Mountain Skyride

This [aerial lift pylon](/entry/tc-aerial-lift-pylon) is one of the pylons that supports the { entry("i-cat-hai-phu-long-cable-car").link() }.

A **tower** is a self-supporting structure that is taller than it is wide, and built for some purpose other than residential/commercial/industrial occupancy (such habitable structures are buildings, not towers).

In an [aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift), a **track rope** is a fixed (stationary) rope that provides support for the vehicles. That is, track ropes play the same role in a ropeway as rails do in a railway. Unlike the [haul rope](/entry/tc-haul-rope), the track ropes do not move. Usually one or both ends of the ropeway have devices that can be used to maintain the tension over the rope's lifetime.

track rope

In an [aerial lift](/entry/tc-aerial-lift), the **haul rope** is the [wire rope](/entry/tc-wire-rope) that provides propulsion for the vehicles. It moves either continuously or in a reversing fashion (for [tramways](/entry/tc-trnsprt-aerial-tramway)). In [monocable lifts](/entry/tc-monocable-gondola), the haul rope also provides support for the vehicles, whereas in other systems such as [3S lifts](/entry/tc-trnsprt-cable-3s), the vehicles are supported by separate [track ropes](/entry/tc-track-rope).

haul rope

An **aerial lift** is a means of transport where the vehicles hang from one or more steel [wire ropes](/entry/tc-wire-rope).

aerial lift

[Hòn Thơm cable car](/entry/i-hòn-thơm-cable-car) above the An Thới township.

Hòn Thơm Cable Car

The **Cat Hai - Phu Long cable car** is a [3s gondola lift](/entry/tc-trnsprt-cable-3s) in Vietnam that connects Cat Ba with Phu Long.

Cat Hai - Phu Long cable car

A **pylon** or **support tower** is a [tower](/entry/tc-tower) that primarily serves to provide support to something. For example, the large towers that hold high voltage electric power lines are pylons.

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Description	An aerial lift pylon is a pylon that supports the ropes (haul rope and/or track rope) of an aerial lift.
Type of	TCpylon
Used in	ICat Hai - Phu Long cable car
Instances	ICat Hai - Phu Long cable car pylon 2
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Wikidata QID	Q2266777
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