Funicular railways of Valparaíso
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Valparaíso in Chile has had up to 26 working funicular railways - most are now inactive, as of 2013 eight are still in active use.[1][2][3] The funicular railways were mainly constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Lecheros funicular in 1941
This table is of known funicular railways in Valparaiso, also known as elevators[4][full citation needed] (In Spanish Los Ascensores de Valparaiso).
| Number from west [5] | Name | Hill name | Date opened | Date closed | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Arrayán | Cerro Santo Domingo | 1905 | 1964 | |
| 02 | Artillería | Cerro Artillería | 1893 | december 2014 - active | |
| 25 | Barón | Cerro Lecheros | 1906 | ||
| 13 | Bellavista | Cerro Bellavista | 1897 | 1955 | |
| 09 | Concepción [6] | Cerro Concepción | 1883 | ||
| 06 | Cordillera | Cerro Cordillera | 1887 | ||
| 21 | El Hogar | 1912 | 1955 | ||
| 08 | El Peral | Cerro Concepción | 1902 | ||
| 10 | Esmeralda | 1905 | 1962 | ||
| 14 | Espíritu Santo | 1911 | Inactive | ||
| 15 | Florida | 1906 | Inactive | ||
| 00 | Hospital Carlos van Buren | 1929 | |||
| 18 | La Cruz | Cerro La Cruz | 1908 | 1992 | |
| 23 | Larraín | Cerro Rodríguez | 1906 | Inactive | |
| 17 | Monjas | 1912 | Inactive | ||
| 24 | Lecheros | 1906 | Inactive | ||
| 16 | Mariposas | Cerro Mariposas | 1904 | Inactive | |
| 12 | Panteón | 1900 | 1952 | ||
| 05 | Perdices | Cerro Arrayán | 1932 | 1962 | |
| 26 | Placeres | Cerro Placeres | 1913 | 1971 | |
| 19 | Polanco | Cerro Polanco | 1913-1916 | Elevator | |
| 20 | Ramaditas | 1914 | 1955 | ||
| 11 | Reina Victoria | 1902 | |||
| 07 | San Agustin | 1913 | |||
| 04 | Santo Domingo | Cerro Santo Domingo | 1910 | 1965 | |
| 01 | Villaseca | Cerro Artillería | 1907 | Inactive | |
| 00 | Villanelo | 1984 | Viña del Mar |
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See also
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- ↑ Lonely Planet's Chile and Easter Island - eighth edition, February 2009 - ISBN 978-1-74104-779-0 in the map on page 126-127, lists only Artilleria, Concepcion, El Peral, Espiritu Santu, and Reina Victoria as active
- ↑ ASCENSORES DE VALPARAISO. communigate.co.uk 5/19/2014 via web.archive.org
- ↑ [1]. see 2009 news report regarding possible buy-out[dead link]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ In effect from the Nautical/Maritime museum, around to Viña del Mar, as found on page 78 of Barca, Juan Torre El Libro...
- ↑ Ascensor Concepción. capitalcultural.cl 9/25/2013 via web.archive.org
