Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, D7666 wrote:

On Aug 26, 9:12 am, "John Rowland"
wrote:

OK I see what you mean.

Chatham because of the Medway

But surely even then the schebebahn runs *along* the course of the
river but cablecars tend to go across things ?

Cablecars tend to go *up* things. Are there any that are built in the
complete absence of a steep slope? By 'complete absence', i mean without
a slope anywhere along; Barcelona's, for example, is on the level
between the foot of Montjuic and the port, but it's there because
there's a big slope from the foot of Montjuic to the top of Montjuic.

http://www.koelner-seilbahn.de crosses the Rhine.

Whereas the Dresden Schwebebahn goes up a hill.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwebebahn_Dresden



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