Eschberg funicular
| Eschberg funicular | |||||||||
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| Route length: | 0.502 km | ||||||||
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||
| Loading station quarry | |||||||||
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On the Saarbrücken district Esch Berg earlier led a meter gauge funicular . This was used to transport people and goods to the quarry on the south of the mountain.
history
Since around 1870 there has been a quarry to the north of what is now Saarbrücken Zoo . Since the slope to the quarry was very steep, transporting workers and goods to the quarry was tedious. As a solution to the problem, a funicular railway was built around 1895, which could transport people and goods well. It was a water ballast runway with one car. In 1926 the quarry ceased operations, the workers were laid off and the funicular ceased operations. The tracks were almost completely removed, some were only filled in or left open and exposed to the weather. Today almost nothing reminds of this means of transport. However, there are still some tracks left in the zoo and on the adjacent streets. Many residents do not know that there was ever a cable car on the Eschberg.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The historical Eschberg, 1993, field names am Eschberg (Ludwig haben), published by the Hofplatzverein