1
a
: a railway for trams
b
British
: a streetcar line
2
: an overhead cable for trams
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Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.
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Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
The new custom zoning being applied for will allow the firms to build the apartment building while protecting the existing tramway building next door from development.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
Phillips’ family trust also owns the real estate for Wyatt Academy, a public charter school that leases the building immediately north of the tramway building.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
The property has a private tramway to transport guests 300 feet almost straight down the bluff from the main house at 9044 La Jolla Shores Lane.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
The new custom zoning being applied for will allow the firms to build the apartment building while protecting the existing tramway building next door from development.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
Phillips’ family trust also owns the real estate for Wyatt Academy, a public charter school that leases the building immediately north of the tramway building.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
The property has a private tramway to transport guests 300 feet almost straight down the bluff from the main house at 9044 La Jolla Shores Lane.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tramway
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“Tramway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tramway. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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