El Toro was the first coaster to use a cable lift in comparison to what mechanical lift?
El Toro (Six Flags Great Adventure):  It was also the first wooden roller coaster to use a cable lift as opposed to the traditional chain lift. Lift hill: A lift hill, or chain hill, is an upward-sloping section of track on a roller coaster on which the roller coaster train is mechanically lifted to an elevated point or peak in the track.
lift hill