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The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, or Tram, was the first aerial tramway in North America. It served Cannon Mountain Ski Area in Franconia, New Hampshire from its construction in 1938 until its retirement in 1980 when it was replaced with the current tram, the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway II.

Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway II ascends the famous slopes of Cannon Mountain for 5,359 feet. Its two cabins (one red, the other yellow), each with a capacity for 80 passengers and one attendant, travel at a speed of 1,500 feet per minute, with an hourly passenger capacity of 1,540, or 770 in each direction, more than three times the capacity of the original tramway.

In the summer time the 80 passenger tramway still operates shuttling hikers and tourists to the 4,080 foot summit of Cannon Mountain for majestic views of not only Franconia Notch State Park and the White Mountains but n a clear day, you can see the mountains of four states and Canada.

Brian MacLean is the father of two children. He is a local Massachusetts photographer who discovered his passion for photography 20 years ago after using his brothers camera. Brian enjoys shooting nature and landscape. He tries to capture the raw reality of nature, the fleeting beauty of those in-between moments, and try's to do his very best to take every picture with that in mind. He wants his viewers to relate to his photographs through recognition of and familiarity with the places, the emotions, and the energy as they are looking at a picture of a place that they may know. Brian shoots the majority of his images with a Canon DSLR and a wide angle lens but believes that equipment is less important then the photographers vision and...