Predigtstuhl Cable Car
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The Predigtstuhl Cable Car ({{langx|de|Predigtstuhlbahn}}) has been in operation since 1928 and is the second oldest (the oldest being the Spanish Aerocar across the Niagara River in CanadaWhirlpool Aero Car{{Circular reference|date=June 2019}}), still running, original large-cabin cable car in the world.[http://en.berchtesgadener-land.com/en/live/endom/parser,id,52,nodeid,27.html Predigtstuhl Cable Car (Predigtstuhlbahn) at en.berchtesgadener-land.com. Accessed on 27 Dec 09.] Since 2006, the ropeway has been placed under the protection of monuments. In 2013 the "Predigstuhlbahn" as well as the hotel and mountain-top restaurant came under new ownership, "Marga und Josef Posch", which belongs to the German businessman group Max Eicher.
History and construction
The cable car began operations on 1 July 1928, after only a year of construction. The production of the cables was assigned to the Westphalian Wire Industry (Westfälische Drahtindustrie). The building of the three pylons, at heights of 22, 32 and 9 metres was contracted to Hochtief AG, from Munich.
The heartpiece, the wire ropeway drive technology and the two elegant pavilion passengers cabins were manufactured by the German, at that time worldwide leading wire ropeways company Adolf Bleichert & Co. from Leipzig, technology based on the Bleichert-Zuegg system.
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