Ernst Constam

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Patent drawing CH147025 from Ernst Constam

Ernst Gustav Constam (born December 16, 1888 in Zurich Enge ; † September 6, 1965 in Denver , from 1908 entitled to reside in Zurich ) was a US American - Swiss mechanical engineer .

Life

Constam studied mechanical engineering at the ETH Zurich from 1908 to 1912 . On behalf of the Federal Post and Railway Department, he revised the provisional regulations on passenger suspension railways issued in 1926 , which came into force in 1933. As a result of this revision, the association of those interested in suspension railway was founded in 1931. In 1933 he was co-owner of the concession for the Schwägalp – Säntis cable car and was on its board of directors from 1933 to 1938 . Constam was a pioneer in the field of modern mechanical climbing aids for skiers and the inventor of the ironing ski lift and the chairlift . He had both inventions patented. In 1934, he had the world's first iron-on ski lift built by Adolf Bleichert & Co. on Bolgen in Davos . It went into operation on December 23, 1934 and officially opened the following day.

Constam built around 30 t-bar ski lifts in Switzerland and other European winter sports locations. In April 1940 he moved to the United States and founded his own company in Denver at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountains , where he developed the chairlift (single-cable gondola) from his ski lift. Constam built more than 80 additional ski and chair lifts in the USA. The first chairlift in Switzerland from Trüebsee to the Jochpass was built by his company in 1944.

His older brother was the Corps Commander Herbert Constam . His daughter Annemarie Hubacher-Constam was an architect.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patent AT145894 : tow rope system for skiers and pedestrians. ‌
  2. ↑ Adolf Bleichert & Co. Leipzig-Gohlis, Small Contributions to a Great Company History ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bleichert-seilbahn.de
  3. ↑ Toboggan ropeways and early ski lifts in Switzerland. Retrieved December 15, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Cable car manufacturer. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 13, 2005 ; Retrieved December 15, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / seilbahn.tk.111.com
personal data
SURNAME Constam, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Constam, Ernst Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Swiss mechanical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Tightness
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1965
Place of death Denver