Feldmoos-Chli-Titlis Aerial Tramway
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Feldmoos-Chli-Titlis Aerial Tramway was an aerial tramway
in Switzerland
. It was built in 1979 by the Swiss company Habegger between Feldmoos and Chli Titlis
for the erection of a communication facility on Chli Titlis. The aerial tramway was used for transporting goods with a weight up to 3.8 tons also for transporting up to 20 people. It used only a single vehicle. After completion of the facility the aerial tramway, which remained property of Habegger, was dismantled in 1986.
The aerial tramway had five towers and a total diagonal length of 4675 metres. The support rope was installed on four towers, the upmost tower was only used for the return rope, in order to avoid its collision with the suspension ropes. The most important feature of this aerial tramway was that it used the longest span of all aerial tramways ever built with a length of 3467.1 metres. For this span field special markings were required: every 100 metres, there was a red coil and every 500 metres an aircraft warning light
. For their power supply a wind generator
buffered by accumulators was used, which made technical problems at the beginning. The diametres of the both suspension ropes was 46 mm, that of the push rope was 38 mm.
The drive was done by a DC engine with 301 kW in the valley station. The maximum speed of the gondola was 6 m/s to 10 m/s.
Aerial tramway
An aerial tramway , cable car , ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It was built in 1979 by the Swiss company Habegger between Feldmoos and Chli Titlis
Titlis
The Titlis is a mountain in the Urner Alps of Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Berne in Switzerland, overlooking Engelberg and is famous as the site of the world's first revolving cable car...
for the erection of a communication facility on Chli Titlis. The aerial tramway was used for transporting goods with a weight up to 3.8 tons also for transporting up to 20 people. It used only a single vehicle. After completion of the facility the aerial tramway, which remained property of Habegger, was dismantled in 1986.
The aerial tramway had five towers and a total diagonal length of 4675 metres. The support rope was installed on four towers, the upmost tower was only used for the return rope, in order to avoid its collision with the suspension ropes. The most important feature of this aerial tramway was that it used the longest span of all aerial tramways ever built with a length of 3467.1 metres. For this span field special markings were required: every 100 metres, there was a red coil and every 500 metres an aircraft warning light
Aircraft warning lights
Aircraft warning lights are high-intensity lighting devices that are attached to tall structures and are used as collision avoidance measures. Such devices make structures more visible to passing aircraft and are usually used at night, although they may be used during the day as well...
. For their power supply a wind generator
Wind generator
A wind generator is a device that generates electrical power from wind energy.Wind generators have traditionally been wind turbines, i.e. a propeller attached to an electric generator attached to appropriate electronics to attach it to the electrical grid or to charge batteries.Recently, however, a...
buffered by accumulators was used, which made technical problems at the beginning. The diametres of the both suspension ropes was 46 mm, that of the push rope was 38 mm.
The drive was done by a DC engine with 301 kW in the valley station. The maximum speed of the gondola was 6 m/s to 10 m/s.
Technical data
- Elevation Valley Station: 1599,8 m
- Elevation Mountain Station: 3026,65 m
- Horizontal Length: 4326,65 m
- Height difference: 1429,9 m
- Effective diagonal length: 4675,1 m
- Average inclination: 33%
- Maximum inclination: 80,5%
- Number Towers: 5 (1 fo back rope)
- Maximum Tower height: 37,6 m
- Largest spanfield: 3476,2 m
- Maximum speed: 10 m/s
- Diametre suspension rope: 2x 46 mm
- Diametre pushing rope: 38 mm
- Drive: DC engine, 301 kW ( max 515 kW)
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