Городской электротранспортКанатный трамвай — Elevador da Estrela (1890 — 1913)
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Another project by Raoul Mesnier that was constructed by Nova Companhia dos Ascensores Mecânicos de Lisboa (NCAML). Inaugurated on 14th August 1893 between Praça Luís de Camões and Largo da Estrela (now - Praça da Estrela) with an approximate length of 1.7km. The initial project of 1882 had another 300m from Praça da Estrela to Rua de São João dos Bencasados (now Rua de Silva Carvalho), but this portion of the route was never realized. A depot building was built on Largo da Estrela. Due to the route going through very narrow streets, signalmen were positioned at several places as there was no space for two cars to pass each other. At each end of the route were manual turntables to turn the cars. In 1901 a Carris electric tram line that connected Conde Barão and Rato was built that crossed Elevador da Estrela at the intersection of Calçada da Estrela and Rua de São Bento. At that time those were routes 22/23. The Elevador da Estrela was similar to other two cable car systems in Lisbon. It had an endless cable embeded in the public road between 900mm gauge rails. But it had a unique (for Portugal) propulsion. While the other cable car systems were pulled by the cable which was set in motion from a central technical building, the Elevador da Estrela cars had acetylene gas engines which pulled the cars along the cable. The route was usually serviced by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen AG built motor car with a trailer car. Over it's rather short lived history the line received several, not very positive nicknames - "Mata Cães" ("Dog killer", due to frequent cases of dogs getting run over by the cars) or "Maximbondo da Estrela" (due to a corruption of "machine pumps") to name the most famous ones. Towards the end of it's existence passangers complained a lot about the smell of acetylene that escaped from the engine due to poor combustion. After the route was closed in 1913, it appears that its vehicles ended up being sold to bath stalls, market stalls and even guard houses in the countryside. Carris took over the route almost immidiately converting it to an electric tram route. In 2024 the whole route of Elevador da Estrela is in use by tram route 28 if going from Praça Luís de Camões to Praça da Estrela. The modern day tram route takes a detour between Calçada da Estrela and Calçada do Combro when going towards Praça Luís de Camões. This eliminated the need of the signalmen used by NCAML. |
| Information written by Karalis Arturs. Last updated 20th March 2024. | |
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Praça da Estrela 1913 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 8 Edifício de recolha do Elevador da Estrela 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 1 Praça da Estrela 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 3 Calçada da Estrela 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 4 Calçada do Combro 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 8 Calçada do Combro 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 1 Praça Luís de Camões 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 4 Praça Luís de Camões 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 4 Calçada do Combro 1912 г. (примерно) |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 3 Praça da Estrela 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 5 Praça Luís de Camões 1912 г. или ранее |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 6 Calçada da Estrela 1909 г. (примерно) |
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Лиссабон, Esslingen 2-axle cable car № 4 Author — Manufacturer "Maschinenfabrik Esslingen AG" 1899 г. или ранее |
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Calçada da Estrela 1899 г. или ранее |
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Map of the Elevador da Estrela, which after 1913 was absorbed by Carris and in 2024 it is fully served by the tram route 28E. 1890 г. |
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