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TECHNICAL DATA
SYSTEM: BELL/WALLMANNSBERGER.
CONSTRUCTION TIME: SEPTEMBER 1958
TO JULY 1959.
LOWER TERMINAL 5,194 FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL.
MANUFACTURER OF THE LIFT: BELL
ENGINEERING WORKS LTD., KRIENS
LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND.
UPPER TERMINAL 7,486 FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL.
DIFFERENCE IN ALTITUDE BETWEEN UPPER
AND LOWER TERMINALS: 2,292 FT.
TERMINALS DESIGNED BY L. E. BAKER &
ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, CALGARY.
LENGTH OF TRACK: 5,120 FEET (APPROX. I MILE) TOWERS MANUFACTURED BY: DOMINION
HORIZONTAL LENGTH: 4,498 FEET.
BRIDGE CO. LTD., CALGARY.
AVERAGE INCLINE: 51%
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: SHAW CON-
STRUCTION CO. LTD., MIDNAPORE.
DIAMETER OF TRACK ROPES: 1%2 INCHES (34Mpa).
DIAMETER OF HAULING ROPES: IINCHES (284-). SUPERVISED BY: FRITZ THUT, PRO-
CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION
WEIGHT OF TRACK ROPES 46,587 LBS.
FESSIONAL ENGINEER, BANFF.
WEIGHT OF HAULING ROPE : 21,091 LBS.
EIGHT OTHER LIFTS OF THIS TYPE
TRAVELLING SPEED OF CONDOLAS: 10 FEET PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED IN EUROPE
(MOSTLY IN SWITZERLAND) SINCE 1950.
PER SECOND.
TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN DERMINALS
(EACH DIRECTION):8 MINUTES.
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED
ON THESE INSTALLATIONS UP TO 1960
WITH A PERPECT SAFETY RECORD:
APPROXIMATELY (3,000,000.
HOURLY CAPACITY IN EACH DIRECTION:
450 PERSONS.
NUMBER OF TOWERS: 3.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND
(TOWER 2 ): 125 FEET.
DRIVING UNIT LOCATED AT UPPER
TERMINAL, CONSISTING OF A 180 H.P.
ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A GASOLINE
STANDBY.
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