Talk:Roosevelt Island Tramway
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[edit] Sourcing Question
The article on the Portland Aerial Tram claims that the Doppelmayr CTEC built the Roosevelt Island Tramway. Doppelymayr's web site doesn't list or indicate this is the case. Can this claim be validated by someone? If not, we should probably remove the statement that Dopplemayr did build it from the overview section in the article page. Theflyer 14:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) website (the firm managing the island's services), the Tram was built by the Swiss company called Vonroll in 1976, not by Doppelmayr CTEC. This Wikipedia article confirms it. Thistheman 18:14, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- Incidentally, it's even mentioned in the middle of the article, under the "History" section. Thistheman 18:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- I'll basiclly revert my previous edits that made the linkage to Doppelmayr and the Portland Aerial Tram after submitting this response and will post a comment over on Portland Aerial Tram about the inconsistency. Theflyer 20:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
On 12 November, User:Rehrenberg posted the following question on the article page. It is moved here so we can work it out and update the article as appropriate. "Von Roll is now owned by the Austian company Doppelmayr Garaventa Group, who, on their webiste, makes no mention of having built it, yet on the site of competitor CWA Constructions (Swiss) [1], there is a least one photo and a description. Who's right?" Theflyer 17:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
