Valparaíso funiculars explained

There are 16 extant historical elevators (Spanish; Castilian: 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.

Description

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

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]

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

Number from west[7] Name Hill name Date opened Date closed notes
03 Arrayán Cerro Santo Domingo 1905 1964
02 Cerro Artillería 1893 December 2014 - active
25 Cerro Barón 1906
13 Bellavista Cerro Bellavista 1897 1955
09 Concepción[8] Cerro Concepción 1883
06 Cordillera Cerro Cordillera 1887
21 El Hogar 1912 1955
08 Cerro Alegre 1902
10 Esmeralda Cerro Concepción 1905 1962
14 Espíritu Santo 1911 April 2018 - active
15 Florida 1906 Inactive
00 Hospital Carlos van Buren 1929
18 La Cruz Cerro La Cruz1908 1992
23 Larraín Cerro Rodríguez 1906 Inactive
17 Monjas 1912 Inactive
24 Lecheros 1906 Inactive
16 Cerro Mariposas 1904 Inactive
12 Panteón 1900 1952
05 Perdices Cerro Arrayán 1932 1962
26 Placeres Cerro Placeres1913 1971
19 Cerro Polanco1913-1916 Elevator
20 Ramaditas 1914 1955
11 Cerro Alegre 1902
07 San Agustin Cerro Cordillera 1913
04 Santo Domingo Cerro Santo Domingo 1910 1965
01 Villaseca Cerro Artillería 1907 Inactive
00 Villanelo 1983 Viña del Mar

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ascensores . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007050428/http://www.ciudaddevalparaiso.cl/inicio/patrimonio_urbano_detalle.php?id_urbano=14 . 2013-10-07.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519004637/http://www.communigate.co.uk/york/phothography/page7.phtml ASCENSORES DE VALPARAISO
  3. Web site: http://www.monumentos.cl/monumentos/monumentos-historicos?f[0=localizacion%3A145&f[1]=localizacion%3A256 Monumentos ]. Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales.
  4. Web site: Ascensores de Valparaíso . 2018-06-28 . www.thisischile.cl . 2018-07-03 . 2018-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703162553/https://www.thisischile.cl/ascensores-de-valparaiso/ . dead .
  5. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925222810/http://www.capitalcultural.cl/p4_cc/site/artic/20050128/pags/20050128110853.html Ascensor Concepción