Funicular railways of Valparaíso
View of Valparaíso from the top of the Artillería funicular railway
Valparaíso in Chile has had up to 26 working funicular railways - most are now inactive, as of 2013 eight are still in active use.[1][2][3] The funicular railways were mainly constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Table
The Lecheros funicular in 1941
This table is of known funicular railways in Valparaiso, also known as elevators[4] (In Spanish Los Ascensores de Valparaiso).
| Number from west [5] | Name | Hill name | Date opened | Date closed | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Arrayán | Cerro Santo Domingo | 1905 | 1964 | |
| 02 | Artillería | Cerro Artillería | 1893 | december 2014 - active | |
| 25 | Barón | Cerro Lecheros | 1906 | ||
| 13 | Bellavista | Cerro Bellavista | 1897 | 1955 | |
| 09 | Concepción [6] | Cerro Concepción | 1883 | ||
| 06 | Cordillera | Cerro Cordillera | 1887 | ||
| 21 | El Hogar | 1912 | 1955 | ||
| 08 | El Peral | Cerro Concepción | 1902 | ||
| 10 | Esmeralda | 1905 | 1962 | ||
| 14 | Espíritu Santo | 1911 | Inactive | ||
| 15 | Florida | 1906 | Inactive | ||
| 00 | Hospital Carlos van Buren | 1929 | |||
| 18 | La Cruz | Cerro La Cruz | 1908 | 1992 | |
| 23 | Larraín | Cerro Rodríguez | 1906 | Inactive | |
| 17 | Monjas | 1912 | Inactive | ||
| 24 | Lecheros | 1906 | Inactive | ||
| 16 | Mariposas | Cerro Mariposas | 1904 | Inactive | |
| 12 | Panteón | 1900 | 1952 | ||
| 05 | Perdices | Cerro Arrayán | 1932 | 1962 | |
| 26 | Placeres | Cerro Placeres | 1913 | 1971 | |
| 19 | Polanco | Cerro Polanco | 1913-1916 | Elevator | |
| 20 | Ramaditas | 1914 | 1955 | ||
| 11 | Reina Victoria | 1902 | |||
| 07 | San Agustin | 1913 | |||
| 04 | Santo Domingo | Cerro Santo Domingo | 1910 | 1965 | |
| 01 | Villaseca | Cerro Artillería | 1907 | Inactive | |
| 00 | Villanelo | 1984 | Viña del Mar | ||
| The funiculars of Valparaíso on Google Street View | |
 Villaseca | |
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Artillería | |
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Cordillera | |
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San Agustin | |
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El Peral | |
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Concepción | |
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Reina Victoria | |
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Espíritu Santo | |
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Florida | |
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Mariposas | |
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Monjas | |
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Hospital Carlos van Buren | |
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Larrain | |
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Lecheros | |
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Barón | |
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Villanelo | |
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For Google Street View images of the Polanco elevator see its own article. |
Further reading
- Barca, Juan Torre (2009). El libro de los Ascensores de Valparaiso. Chile: Cerro Concepcion Editorial Valparaiso.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lonely Planet's Chile and Easter Island - eighth edition, February 2009 - ISBN 978-1-74104-779-0 in the map on page 126-127, lists only Artilleria, Concepcion, El Peral, Espiritu Santu, and Reina Victoria as active
- ↑ ASCENSORES DE VALPARAISO. communigate.co.uk 5/19/2014 via web.archive.org
- ↑ . see 2009 news report regarding possible buy-out
- ↑ found in Plano y Guia Turistica, Valparaíso, Chile 5th Edition 2009 http://www.francotours.cl, and Carta de Valparaiso Disendora Grafica Ximena Silva San Martin http://wwww.ximenasilva.cl
- ↑ In effect from the Nautical/Maritime museum, around to Viña del Mar, as found on page 78 of Barca, Juan Torre El Libro...
- ↑ Ascensor Concepción. capitalcultural.cl 9/25/2013 via web.archive.org
External links
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