A cable or rope system used in mining or logging to pull loaded containers or materials back along an incline or through a passage.
Compound of 'haul' (pull) and 'back' (return direction). Industrial and extractive industry terminology.
In old coal mines, haulback systems were literally the veins that pulled the body of the mine together—a single broken rope could halt an entire operation and trap miners underground.
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