Valparaíso funiculars

There are 16 extant historical elevators (Spanish: ascensores) in the city of Valparaíso in Chile. Technically most of these elevators are bona fide funiculars. Only one of them, the Ascensor Polanco, is a true vertical elevator. They were mainly constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

View of Valparaíso from the top of the Artillería funicular railway

Description

Valparaíso in Chile, due to the number of hills above the so-called plan has had up to 30 ascensores.[2][3] Only 16 of them remained extant today and they are declared National Monuments of Chile.[4] As of 2018 only 7 of elevators are in operation, the other 9 are under a process of restoration and modernisation.[1]

These extant ascensores are a part of the Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso site which since 2003 is included into the UNESCO's World Heritage List.[5]

The Lecheros funicular in 1941

Below is a list of known elevators (funiculars and the lift) in Valparaiso.[6]

Number from west[7]NameHill nameDate openedDate closednotes
03ArrayánCerro Santo Domingo19051964
02ArtilleríaCerro Artillería1893December 2014 - active
25BarónCerro Barón1906
13BellavistaCerro Bellavista18971955
09Concepción[8]Cerro Concepción1883
06CordilleraCerro Cordillera1887
21El Hogar19121955
08El PeralCerro Alegre1902
10EsmeraldaCerro Concepción19051962
14Espíritu Santo1911April 2018 - active
15Florida1906Inactive
00Hospital Carlos van Buren1929
18La CruzCerro La Cruz 19081992
23LarraínCerro Rodríguez1906Inactive
17Monjas1912Inactive
24Lecheros1906Inactive
16MariposasCerro Mariposas1904Inactive
12Panteón19001952
05PerdicesCerro Arrayán19321962
26PlaceresCerro Placeres 19131971
19PolancoCerro Polanco 1913-1916Elevator
20Ramaditas19141955
11Reina VictoriaCerro Alegre1902
07San AgustinCerro Cordillera1913
04Santo DomingoCerro Santo Domingo19101965
01VillasecaCerro Artillería1907Inactive
00Villanelo1983Viña del Mar
External images
The funiculars of Valparaíso on Google Street View
image icon Villaseca
image icon Artillería
image icon Cordillera
image icon San Agustin
image icon El Peral
image icon Concepción
image icon Reina Victoria
image icon Espíritu Santo
image icon Florida
image icon Mariposas
image icon Monjas
image icon Hospital Carlos van Buren
image icon Larrain
image icon Lecheros
image icon Barón
image icon Villanelo
image icon 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
  1. "Ascensores de Valparaíso". www.thisischile.cl. 2018-06-28.
  2. "Ascensores". Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.
  3. ASCENSORES DE VALPARAISO. communigate.co.uk 5/19/2014 via web.archive.org
  4. "Monumentos". Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales.
  5. "Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso". UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2018.
  6. 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://www.ximenasilva.cl
  7. In effect from the Nautical/Maritime museum, around to Viña del Mar, as found on page 78 of Barca, Juan Torre El Libro...
  8. Ascensor Concepción. capitalcultural.cl 9/25/2013 via web.archive.org

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