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A
gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat, best known today for transporting tourists.
Gondola may also refer to:
Places
Transport
Compartments or platforms
Gondola (airplane) , a compartment on the underside of a powered fixed-wing aircraft
Gondola (airship) , an external equipment or passenger compartment attached to a powered blimp or dirigible
Gondola (balloon) , a payload basket or capsule suspended beneath an unpowered hot air or gas balloon
Gondola (Ferris wheel) , a passenger car or cabin or capsule attached to the rim of the wheel
Gondola, a capsule in which a test subject is situated at the end of the rotating arm of a
human centrifuge
Gondola lift , or cable car, a type of aerial lift
Gondola, the cargo or passenger platform suspended beneath a
transporter bridge
Gondola, a suspended platform used by
window cleaners
Gondola, major component of the
Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift in Scotland, UK
Spy gondola , an observation compartment lowered beneath an airship
Vehicles
Gondola (rail) , a type of railroad car with an open top and enclosed sides, for carrying loose bulk materials
SY Gondola , an 1859 preserved steam yacht operated by the National Trust on Coniston Water, England
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term