Skilift
Umlauf-Schlepplift mit J-Einerbügeln von Davos-Bolgen, nach dem Patent von Ernst Constam
Dating
In Betrieb: 1934-1971Persons
Description
Umlauf-Schlepplift mit J-Einerbügeln von Davos-Bolgen nach dem Patent von Ernst Constam (Nachbildung). Bereits in der zweiten Saison wurden T-Zweierbügel verwendet und somit das Transportvermögen verdoppelt. Bedeutung: Erster Bügel-Skilift der Welt Angaben zur gesamten Anlage: Betriebslänge: 270 m, Höhendifferenz: 60 m, Anzahl Bügel: 19, Fahrgeschwindigkeit: 2,2 m/sec, Transportvermögen pro Stunde: 350 Personen, Talstation mit einem 24 PS starken elektrischen Antrieb, 5 Zwischenstützen und eine obere UmlenkstationObject type
Object (three-dimensional)Geography
Territorium: Davos-BolgenMaterial / Technique
Holz, MetallDimensions
Masten: 150 x 250 x 290 cm Sockel: 300 x 150 x 51 cmInventory number
VHS-9107Legend
Rotation ski lift of Davos-Bolgen, patent Constam, built 1934
First „T-bar“ ski lift in the world
“Tow cable-railways, the so-called “skilifts”, are contrivances which by means of a rotary cable, tow the skier standing on his skis up the mountain slope”. This was the official description in the Article 1 of the technical rules laid down for this form of transport by the Federal Department of Transport in the nineteen-thirties. On 26th December 1934 the first such skilift in the world went into service on the Bolgen near Davos. The constructor, the engineer E. Constam in Zürich had used as his model a towlift with safety harness that was already in use in 1906 in Schollach (Black Forest) as the so-called “Paternoster Ski Train”. Constam designed his Bolgen lift with bow shaped armrests which were supposed to be hold tight under the arms. But the Davos ski school head, Ettinger, suggested that in would be more comfortable as well as safer to replace the armrests by a simple T-bar design, which was in fact developed by Constam, and as a double saddle taking two persons at once.
During 37 years the Bolgen lift carried out its functions to the complete satisfaction of all who used it. The lift was power driven from the valley station while the tension and brace mechanism of the endless winding cable was in the mountain station.
Technical data
Main colour
braunNumber of passengers
350Range [km]
0.270Top speed [km/h]
8Type of propulsion
ElektromotorPower [kW]
18Systematics
• Tow lifts
Literature
Das Verkehrsbuch der Schweiz. Faszinierendes und Ungewöhnliches rund um das Thema Mobilität [inkl. Persönlichkeiten sowie Meilensteine des Verkehrshauses, Jubiläumsbuch zum 50-Jahr-Jubiläum 2009], Autor/in: Abt, Christoph; Co-Autor/in: Fischer, Mareike/Wottreng, Stefan, Sign.: HHA 9 sowie HHA 9 (MZG)
La Suisse en mouvement. Les transports, entre surprise et fascination. Personnalités: Frank Baumann, Ernesto Bertarelli, Annette Gigon, Claude Nicollier, Bertrand Piccard, Ellen Ringier, Peter Sauber ... [Publié à l'occasion de son cinquantenaire en 2009], Autor/in: Abt, Christoph; Co-Autor/in: Fischer, Mareike/Wottreng, Stefan, Sign.: HHA 10
Visionäre Bahnprojekte. Die Schweiz im Aufbruch. 1870 - 1939, Autor/in: Schild, Heinz, Sign.: EBS 128
Der «Fahrstuhl nach oben», Entwicklung und Bedeutung (<Schlittenseilbahnen, Skilifte, Sessellifte, Luftseilbahnen, Standseilbahnen), Autor/in: Caminada, Paul, Sign.: F.R 141