This Riblet chairlift services a short fall fair in Yakima, Washington each year.The lift has 8 towers and 115 chairs.Drive station with backup combustion engine.Drive shaft and bullwheel.Side view of the drive bullwheel.Tower 8 at the loading area.Tower 6.Southern end of the lift.Return terminal with tension carriage.View north.Concrete counterweight.Tower 1.Long return station.Return bullwheel and loading area.Sheaves integrated into the southern station.Riding over the fair.T3.The Sundola passes the Sundome.T5.Riblet chairs with close spacing.Carrier with rare safety bar for Washington.Arriving at the drive terminal.Riding south.Tower 2.The return bullwheel.View north at tower 1.8 sheave assemblies.Looking up at T3.Tower 6.Tower near the drive station..North station bullwheel.A tower head.
I haven’t found a solid source for when they installed this, but there was a contest to name it in the mid 90s, so I’d assume it was built around then.
It seems like Riblet started changing up their designs around this time. C-8 at Mt. Baker has towers that don’t look traditionally Riblet as well.
Those are Riblet towers. They only built a few like them; most of the ones people are used to are the clamp-style built from angle iron or C-channel (like the aforementioned chair 8).
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The sheaves look Riblety, but the towers don’t. Any ideas what they are?
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I haven’t found a solid source for when they installed this, but there was a contest to name it in the mid 90s, so I’d assume it was built around then.
It seems like Riblet started changing up their designs around this time. C-8 at Mt. Baker has towers that don’t look traditionally Riblet as well.
But that’s just me hazarding a guess.
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Those are Riblet towers. They only built a few like them; most of the ones people are used to are the clamp-style built from angle iron or C-channel (like the aforementioned chair 8).
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Only fitting that the state fair have a riblet lift. May it live long. It looks great in white!
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