• zabadoh@ani.socialOP
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      5 months ago

      Funicular means there’s a counterbalance, usually a second car is used as a counterweight.

      I have no idea how this particular system works, and there’s only one car.

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      5 months ago

      Lol.

      You made me go read the article to find out more!

      In 1957, the partners came up with the idea for a lift — customers had been asking for one for years — and hired Oakland’s Dwan Elevator Co. to install the red inclined “hillavator” that could carry six guests at a time 118 feet to the entrance.

      So, yep, definitely an elevator. But even elevators use a counterweight, which in a Funicular is another car, and it’s along an incline.

      Hmm, so is there really a difference?