Sorry to quote my own post, but I just had a great conversation with a local bartender who used to be a lifty on the T-bar at Mt. Ascutney in 1968 (!). He was full of great stories, but the upshot is that these chairs are actually being installed, not taken down! Apparently they were donated to the nonprofit that runs the volunteer skiing operation in the winter. It won't go all the way to the top, but will access a nice variety of trails, I'm told.
Currently Ascutney is the second smallest ski area in New England, so it'll be fun to see wha the chairlift does to the rankings.