Bergstation einer Zweiseil-Pendelbahn

Bergstation Enge (Engi) des Wetterhornaufzuges

Dating

1985, Vorbild: 1908

Persons

Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Hans Hüppi), Modellbauer/in, archivalisch belegt

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

BBC Brown Boveri + Cie. (Brown, Boveri + Co.) (1891 - 1987), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Wetterhorn Aufzug (Wetterhornaufzug) (1908 - 1914), Betreiber/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Albert Buss + Cie (Buss AG) (1884 - 2000), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Description

Modell (1:15) der Bergstation Enge (Engi) des Wetterhornaufzuges. Beim Vorbild wurden alle mechanischen Teile sowie die Kabinen von Von Roll und die elektrotechnische Ausrüstung von BBC geliefert. Bis zur Stilllegung 1914 absolvierte der Wetterhornaufzug 10'000 unfallfreie Fahrten.

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "Enge / 1677 10 MüM", "Eingang"

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Territorium: Grindelwald - Wetterhorn, Vorbild Depicted place: Wetterhorn Bergstation Engi, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Metall, Holz, Kunststoff

Dimensions

240 x 150 x 150 cm

Inventory number

VHS-9096

Legend

Mountain station „Engi“ of the Wetterhorn Lift of 1908 Model to scale 1:15 A technical wonder in the eyrie In 1904, two Germans, W. Feldmann, whose brainchild was the world famous Wuppertal suspension railway, and Dr Stoessel of Dresden, presented to the public their daring project of a passenger aerial railway to the peak of the Wetterhorn. In the same year they applied for a concession to construct a twin-cable two-way aerial railway in two sections, the first from the Upper Grindelwald Glacier in the Bernese Oberland to the station «Engi», the second from Engi to the Gleckstein Club mountain hut. Two further sections were planned to convey tourist up to the peak itself. Only the first section was completed, however, and this was opened on 27th July 1908 after nearly four years’ construction work. The outbreak of the First World War put a sudden end to the promising enterprise. On 10th September 1914, after 10'000 accident-free trips, the railway was closet down, as it turned out, for good. Remarkable about the Wetterhorn Lift was the use of two towing cables for each cabin and two simultaneously running drive wheels in the mountain station “Engi”. In addition the running gears were controlled by two supporting cable each, that were in a vertical distance from each other of 0,9 m. Through this the cabins were guaranteed good stability even when strong winds were blowing.