Ascensores y funiculares del mundo
El funicular del cerro San Cristobal en Santiago de Chile
Autor: Ignacio Corvalán Rossel.
Idioma: Español
Abstract: El Cerro San Cristóbal, llamado “Tupahue” por los indígenas precolombinos que significaba centinela, antes de las obras de hermoseamiento y forestación era un peñón seco donde había escasamente maleza y del cual se extraían la piedra para la elaboración de adoquines de las calles de Santiago...
Funiculares da vila ferroviária de Paranapiacaba: Reminiscencias, remanescentes e permanencias.
Autor: Thais Fátima dos Santos Cruz.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: Serra do Mar en el estado de São Paulo ha sido el mayor obstáculo para el desarrollo de São Paulo desde inicios del siglo XVI, cuando el territorio estaba habitado por grupos indígenas...
O sistema funicular de transposição da serra do mar da São Paulo railway
Autores: Cecilia Rodrigues dos Santos, Claudia Lage, Gustavo Secco.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: The São Paulo Railway - SPR was the first railroad in the State of São Paulo, built in the mid-nineteenth century to link the exportation port of Santos to the main coffee producing region. In order to surpass the Serra do Mar passage, with a vertical drop of 762 meters in eight miles...
Da carga aos passageiros
Autor: Castilho, AnaH & Nunes, Luiz.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: This article records the importance of three funiculars relating to the history and development of the city and the port area of Santos (São Paulo, Brazil): Sao Paulo Railway Co., Itatinga Hydroelectric Plant and the Monte Serrat’s Casino.
Funicular calcada do Viriato Viseu, Portugal
Autor: Rui Pinheiro
Idioma: Español
Abstract: El pasado mes de septiembre se inauguró en la ciudad de Viseu, Portugal, un Funicular de características únicas, que partilla su vía de circulación con transito automóvil y peatonal.
Protección y puesta en valor de los ascensores de Valparaíso
Autor:Paulina Kaplán
Idioma: Español
Abstract: El objeto de la nominación es un sector de Área Histórica de Valparaíso. Se trata de un bien cultural inmueble, que en términos de la Convención del Patrimonio Mundial, corresponde a un conjunto de edificios, dentro de una ciudad en desarrollo.
Repainting and maintenance of painted steel heritage
Autor: Patrik Reutersward
Idioma: Inglés
Abstract: Maintenance of a painted heritage will sooner or later be a necessity in order to preserve the heritage for the future. Special competence and skills are necessary to plan and execute maintenance to fight corrosion. Heritage considerations and a limited maintenance budget make this task a real challenge.
La progettazione delle scale meccaniche
Autor: Marco Morandotti
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: The contribution aims to shortly develop main technological issues concerning mechanical escalators and moving walkways. Main evolution steps will be analyzed, moving from the very first mechanical intuitions, to up-todate products and systems underlining elements that constitute a kind of red-stripe along their history.
La montagna della modernita
Autor: Valeria Di Cesare.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: Sestriere nació de la intuición del senador Giovanni Agnelli y su hijo Edoardo, un apasionado del esquí, quienes, a partir de 1930, crearon una de las primeras y mejor equipadas estaciones invernales de Europa.
El monorrail de Plaza Imperial
Autor: Roberto Franco.
Idioma: Español
Abstract: El primer monorail automático de España en servicio en un centro comercial de Zaragoza. El tren consta de 4 unidades o vagones unidos entre sí, el delantero y el trasero son de igual morfología externa y diferente a los dos intermedios que son idénticos entre sí y distintos a los extremos.
La funicolare come mondo c - il caso di Verona
Autor: Valentina Giacometti, Valentina Mondelli & Lorenzo Ottaviani.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: Mechanical elevation systems are one of the most important city landmarks, characterizing urban landscape. More than simple connections between different places, they have their own identity and they’re able to give a dynamic perception of the surroundings: they look like a sort of C world, connecting different places...
Passado presente e futuro dos ascensores urbanos de Salvador-Bahia
Autor: Nivaldo Vieira de Andrade Junior.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: This paper aims, at first, to present the history of Salvador de Bahia’s urban elevators and funiculars, since the 17th Century, when were erected the first cranes used by religious orders, until today, when there are four of these machines in use in the Historical Centre of Salvador de Bahia and its surroundings, three of them built in the second half of 19th Century...
Raul Mesnier e a construcao de funiculares em Portugal
Autor: José Manuel Lopes Cordeiro.
Idioma: Portugés
Abstract: Raul Mesnier de Ponsard (1849-1914), a Portuguese engineer of French origin, was responsible for building almost all the funiculars in Portugal, the first of which - the Elevador do Bom Jesus, Braga (1882) – is still operating, maintaining the original system operated by rack and water balance.
Gli ascensori verticali come attrazione turistica della belle epoque
Autor: Ewa Kawamura.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: From the 1870s until the1920s, vertical lifts began to be used as means of transport in some hill towns and became landmarks of some appeal and interest for tourists. Following the construction of the Eiffel Tower, endowed with two elevators, many other observation towers were built of iron or steel, and some of them were equipped with a lift for tourist attraction.
Upgrading of Penang hill funicular system
Autor: Ang Choo Hong.
Idioma: Inglés
Abstract: Built in 1924, the Penang Hill funicular system is the oldest funicular system in South East Asia. This paper examines the conflicts and challenges arising from the proposal to upgrade the system, and how they were eventually resolved. The antecedent system comprised two sections, with a lower section of 907 m and an upper section of 1312 m (inclined length).
Preservacao patrimonio industrial estado de Sao Paulo
Autor: José Antonio Chinelato Zagato.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: This article results from the current research at the technical department of São Paulo’s council for the cultural heritage, CONDEPHAAT which intends to evaluate the importance of the Paranapiacaba’s Funicular System to the state’s history and to its society.
I nuovi ascensori urbani a Spoleto
Autor: R. Montagna y R. M. Barboni.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: The use of lifts or cable railways in Italian cities dates from the end of XIX century.Thus because our cities were frequently built in places with relevant difference in ground level. Modern car traffic has changed the general transportation system, hence during last century the use of lift and/or elevators was not relevant at town level, being limited to buildings’ use.
A vila ferroviaria de Sao Carlos
Autor: Elaim Jardim.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: This paper is about the insertion in the industrial patrimony of the Railway Men Village from São Carlos city, the Coloninha FEPASA, undertaken by Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro, from 1884, in the corresponding period of economic, social and urban provided by the coffee expansion to the west of São Paulo State.
Il costruito Potenzialita e vincoli
Autor: Daniela Besana.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: The theme of building intervention, for the complexity of itself, offers many insights in order to complete its interpretation. The study of vertical links becomes an important opportunity to think about it, on the issue of conservation, renovation and development.
Andariveles de Caleta Buena
Autor: Patricio Díaz V.
Idioma: Español
Abstract: Entre los primeros antecedentes históricos sobre este tipo de descenso con fines industriales que se trató de utilizar en el norte de Chile específicamente en Tarapacá corresponde al empresario J. Smith quién producía salitre en sus oficinas salitreras de La Noria entre años 1850 a 1860 y embarcaba salitre por el puerto de Iquique...
O elevador do Taboao em Salvador
Autor: M. Elena Castore.
Idioma: Portugués
Abstract: Within the vertical public transportation system, which, for more than a century, still continue characterizing the city of Salvador de Bahia, the “Taboão Elevator” has been idle for about fifty years, falling into ruin, despite its priceless historical and architectural value.
La funivia del complesso di Italia 61
Autor: Manuela Mattone.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: In 1961, on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the Unification of Italy, a complex was built in the city of Turin, specially designed to host the International Exhibition of “Italy ‘61. The “Italia ’61” complex was formed by the Palazzo del Lavoro, the Palazzo delle Mostre, the pavillions of the Mostra delle Regioni, the monorail, the Fontana luminosa, the funicular and some other buildings.
Risalire nel golfo di Napoli dal vesuvio a Posillipo
Autor: Andrea Pane, Valentina Russo.
Idioma: Italiano
Abstract: Se la città di Napoli può ben vantare alcuni primati nel campo dei trasporti, questi appaiono senz’altro molto significativi nell’ambito delle ferrovie, delle tranvie e delle funicolari. Proprio quest’ultima tipologia di impianti, in particolare, sarà applicata in via pionieristica, a partire dall’ultimo ventennio dell’Ottocento, in area napoletana, motivata dalla complessa orografia del suo territorio.