Téléphérique du Mont-Veyrier, Aerial tramway in Veyrier-du-Lac, France.
The Mont-Veyrier aerial tramway was a 1,260-meter cable system that carried passengers up the mountainside to a height of 1,282 meters. The installation featured a single long span without intermediate support towers along most of its route.
The system opened in 1934, constructed by Auguste Fournier as an engineering project to transport visitors up the mountain. It operated for 50 years before closing in 1984, serving hundreds of thousands of passengers during its lifetime.
The former lower station now houses the Cinematheque of Savoie and Ain, which preserves regional films and audiovisual recordings. This transformation shows how industrial spaces can become cultural repositories for local history.
You can reach the former cable car station in Veyrier-du-Lac, a village on the lake shore near Annecy. The lower station building is now open to visitors who want to explore the Cinematheque and its film exhibits.
When it operated, this cable system achieved a vertical rise of 808 meters without any intermediate support towers, a remarkable feat of engineering for the 1930s. This single-span design was technically daring and remains one of the most impressive cable installations of that era.
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