Luftseilbahn

Doppelsessel der Einseil-Sesselbahn Wildhaus-Oberdorf-Gamsalp

Dating

1949

Persons

von Roll AG (von Roll'sche Eisenwerke AG, Giesserei Bern) (1823), Hersteller/in, archivalisch belegt

Bergbahnen Wildhaus AG (Sesselbahn und Skilift AG Wildhaus), Betreiber/in oder Benutzer/in, archivalisch belegt

Description

Einseil-Umlaufsesselbahn, gedeckt, mit koppelbarer VonRoll Klemme VR 101, von Von Roll AG, Bern hergestellt Die Anlage kam als 'Occasion' nach Wildhaus, nachdem sie 1949 als Ausstellungsbahn an der KABA in Thun erstmalig in Betrieb genommen wurde. Betriebslänge: 800 m, Höhendifferenz: 214 m, Grösste Bahnneigung: 522 Promile, Zwischenstützen: 10, Anzahl Sessel: 47, Fahrgeschwindigkeit: 2,5 m/sec, Transportvermögen pro Stunde in einer Richtung: 450 Personen

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "Wildhaus / Sesselbahn / Thur-Oberdorf"

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Territorium: Gamsalp, Wildhaus (Toggenburg), Thur-Oberdorf

Material / Technique

Holz, Metall

Dimensions

120 x 57 x 298 cm

Inventory number

VHS-8335

Rights

Quellennachweis: Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern

Legend

Two-seater of the single cable-chair lift with automatic clamps Wildhaus-Oberdorf-Gamsalp (SWO), 1st section, built 1949 A representative of the first Swiss chair-lift generation Chair-lifts came into existence in answer to the need to have a form of transport that could serve summer as well as winter tourist requirements. Ski-lifts as single-cable circulating railways, based on an idea of the Zurich engineer Constam, were already in operation here in the Thirties. But it was not until 1949 that they were put to use in the summer season: A trial was made near Zermatt, when one of the ski-lifts was transformed into a so-called “ski lift for pedestrians”. The mountain hiker, sitting on a T-bar, was drawn up at a speed of 1,2 meters a second. He left the hoisting work to the lift and all that his legs had to do was to keep body balance properly. In the same year the firm Von Roll developed the first chairlift with double seats, on the modern principles we know today. By contrast with the single-cable circulating railways used up till then, with the seat firmly mounted on the cable, now the chair could be uncoupled in the station, because of the automatically steered clamps, from the conveying cable which moved always at the same speed. Auxiliary rollers took over the champs and the chair was transferred to the station tracks where, brought to a standstill, it allowed passengers to get on or off easily.