The Riblet Tramway Company was once the largest ski chairlift

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 manufacturer in the world.

The Riblet Tramway Company was founded by Byron Christian Riblet. Riblet was born in Osage, Iowa

Osage, Iowa

Osage is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,451 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mitchell County.-Geography:Osage is located at ....

, in 1865 and earned a
degree in Civil Engineering

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. Arriving in Spokane

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 in 1885, his first work was laying out railway and streetcar lines. He also built dams

DAMS

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 and irrigation

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 projects.

In 1896, Riblet was contracted to erect a Finlayson ore tramway at the Noble Five silver mine in Sandon, British Columbia

Sandon, British Columbia

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, to assist in moving ore down Reco Mountain to the mill at Cody.