This Miner-Denver double may have come used from another mountain.This lift services the northern part of the mountain.Loading area and tower 1.Riding up at tower 4.Nearing the summit.Arriving at the vault drive terminal.Unloading area.Motor room.Top bullwheel.View down the lift line.Upper part of the line.The first three towers.
He changed it to Miner-Denver. I think everything of this lift is Miner Denver, except the chairs, which are Poma. Poma sheaves tended to be small, but Miner Denver sheaves were much bigger. Here is a comparison:
Poma:
Miner Denver:
I haven’t seen any actual M-Denver chairs in use, they’ve all been retrofitted with other chairs. The skilifts.org article about Miner Denver shows the defunct M-Denver lift at Tyrolian Hills Resort, MI. It might possibly be the original M-Denver chairs, but i’m not sure.
Those look like Poma’s chairs from around 1961. One of Killington’s old Snowshed Doubles (the first of which was built in 1961) had exactly the same chairs. Some of the sheaves could be Poma, but I’m not as sure about that.
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The terminals remind me more of Miner Denver than Poma.
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I agree. Are you sure this is Poma?
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He changed it to Miner-Denver. I think everything of this lift is Miner Denver, except the chairs, which are Poma. Poma sheaves tended to be small, but Miner Denver sheaves were much bigger. Here is a comparison:
Poma:
Miner Denver:
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The 2 photos showing the Miner-Denver at Eldora Mountain Resort have Yan chairs.
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I haven’t seen any actual M-Denver chairs in use, they’ve all been retrofitted with other chairs. The skilifts.org article about Miner Denver shows the defunct M-Denver lift at Tyrolian Hills Resort, MI. It might possibly be the original M-Denver chairs, but i’m not sure.
http://www.skilifts.org/old/chairlift_manufacturers_minerdenver.htm
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Those look like Poma’s chairs from around 1961. One of Killington’s old Snowshed Doubles (the first of which was built in 1961) had exactly the same chairs. Some of the sheaves could be Poma, but I’m not as sure about that.
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Here is a picture link from the School of mines collection the chairs look original
http://hdl.handle.net/11124/9520
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Never looked closely but I noticed it today that this lift has what looks like later style hall sheave assemblies
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