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cable railway

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Definition of cable railway

: a railway on which the cars grip and are moved by an endless cable that is sometimes laid underground and that is driven by a stationary engine — see funicular railway

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First Known Use of cable railway

1881, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cable railway was in 1881

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“Cable railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable%20railway. Accessed 17 May. 2022.

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