The Riblet Tramway Company of Spokane, Washington,[1] which operated from 1908 to 2003, was once the largest ski chairlift manufacturer in the world.

[2] The company was founded by Byron Christian Riblet, who was born in Osage, Iowa, in 1865 and earned a degree in Civil Engineering.

Over time, Riblet raised more aerial tramways in the booming mining district, building 30 in the next decade.

The company, which specialized in mining tramways, built them in Alaska, Canada, the western United States, and South America.

[3] They have the most double chair lifts operating in the U.S. During Expo '74 Riblet built both the skyride a Gondola tramway over Spokane Falls and the A&W SkyFloat a chairlift that went over the fairgrounds.