The Bad Schandau elevator is a passenger truss-tower elevator

Elevator

An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...

 built in 1904 at Bad Schandau

Bad Schandau

Bad Schandau is a spa town in Germany, in the south of the Free State of Saxony and the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitzsch.-Geography:...

, which runs from Bad Schandau on the Ostrau. The height of the elevator is 52.26 m, in art nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...

arranged steel framework tower upward, which has a diameter of 5.20 m at the ground and at the door such of 2.5 metres. On the way upward it overcomes a difference in height of 47.76 m.

The elevator was driven by an electric motor, with the electricity generated by the Lichtenhain Waterfall

Lichtenhain Waterfall

The Lichtenhain Waterfall is a waterfall formed by the Lichtenhainer village brook and is situated in the Kirnitzsch Valley in the Saxon Switzerland of Germany.-Overview:...

. During the winter and emergencies, electricity was provided by a battery.

During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, the facility was shut down. In 1921 the drive of Bad Schandau Elevator were changed to three-phase alternating current

Alternating current

In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....

, a crank handle was left for the emergency operation. In 1950 a driving disk hoisting engine was introduced. In 1961 two additional anchoring wires were attached and in 1978 a new control. In the years 1989-1990 the plant, which was put under monument protection in 1954, was reconditioned.

External links

• Information and photographs (in German).
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b47233