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Hi, I suspect that no one with a building background would call these structures stanchions. I would subscribe to pylons, towers or trestles, but in parts of Shropshire you could have found trussels. Mike Shaw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Hall" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 12:48 PM Subject: [mining-history] Aerial Ropeways > What word or term do people use for the uprights that support the > rope/wire in an aerial ropeway? I personally prefer stanchion but the > Ordnance Survey seem to use standard, and I have also seen trestle, tower. > If you need to leave the list, send the following message to > [log in to unmask] - > > leave mining-history > --------- If you need to leave the list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] - leave mining-history ---------