The Skimobile ski lift, Mount Cranmore, New Hampshire, USA with a woman passenger in 1945. This was a wooden trestle with single-person metal cars.
The Skimobile passenger ride, Mount Cranmore ski area, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA with a woman passenger in 1945. This ski lift was a trestle construction with colourful metal cars each carrying one passenger pulled by a cable below the wooden tracks in a continuous loop up and down the mountain (with a change of cars needed at the halfway point). It was invented by local engineer George Morten and opened in 1939. It was a successful attraction all year round but its limited capacity meant it was replaced eventually by a conventional lift and was dismantled in 1989. This image is from an old American amateur Kodak colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1940s photograph.
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Location: Mount Cranmore, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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