Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway and Tower

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway and Tower

Entry/Object ID

MWM2015.0001.0014

Scope and Content

Color photo of the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway with a car carrying passengers past a tower during the fall. The White Mountains appear in the background. A description on the back reads, "The Aerial Tramway at Cannon Mountain, the first such passenger tramway in North America, glides up the side of the mountain on steel cables, forty feet above the tree-tops. From the Mountain Station (alt. 4002 ft.) is a superlative view of the N.H. White Mountains."

Collection

Newton Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2015.0001

Source or Donor

Newton, John W. (Jack) and Anne H.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Cannon Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, White Mountains (New Hampshire : mountains), Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley)

Archive Details

Creator

Sieburg, Don

Date(s) of Creation

1969 - 1980

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1970s

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

3.5 x 5.5

General Notes

Note

Scan ID#: WM201600353, WM201600354 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT