Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III
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The Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III (Gletscherbahn Kaprun III) is the third section of the aerial tramway on the Kitzsteinhorn mountain at Kaprun, Austria. It was placed in service on 26 November 1966. The Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III, which was built by the companies Elin, Waagner Biro, Swoboda, was implemented as a passenger aerial tramway with 2 cabs with a capacity of 60 persons. It runs from the valley station Krefelder Hut (Krefelder Hütte) which is situated 2453 meters above the sea level to the station Kitzsteinhorn, located at an altitude of 3029 meters. The length of this line is 2208 meters, the maximum gradient is 42%. The travel time is 8.5 minutes and the maximum speed is 36 km/h. Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III has two stretches. They are separated by the tallest aerial tramway support pillar of the world.
Tallest aerial tramway support pillar of the world
The tallest aerial tramway support pillar of the world is a 113.6 meter high steel framework construction, which is situated on a square concrete block with 17 meters side length, which stands on a rock tooth. The construction consists of a central steel tube with a diameter of 2.2 meters, in which there is a maintenance elevator and a ladder. This pipe is supported with four parabolic steel vines with 0.5 metres diameters. These props are connected every 10 meters with the central tube. This aerial tramway support pillar was 103 meters tall when built in 1966. It was increased since then twice in its height first to 106.9 meters and then to the current height of 113.6 meters.External links
- http://www.seilbahngeschichte.de/gbk1.htm
- http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0009222
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b46005
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