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80 years ago started cableway to Kasprowy
– If not for the idea and determination Eng . Bobkowski and a huge coincidence, who was accompanied by, the line probably would not formed – said today at the Mount Kasprowy board member of Polish Cableways (PKL) Patrick Białokozowicz. – Bobkowski was a huge passionate about skiing, worked on the board of the State Railways, was the deputy minister of transport and the son in law of President Ignacy Moscicki – exchanged.
In 1926. Bobkowski was elected to the board of the International Ski Federation (FIS) and thanks to his efforts in Zakopane took the skiing world cup in 1929 and 1939.
determination and influence Bobkowski led to the fact that, turn on the Kasprowy created at an incredible pace 227 days. Bobkowski personally supervised the building and saw to it that the railway started from Kuźnice to Kasprowy within the prescribed period.
Initiative the construction of the Kasprowy met with protests population. Opposed the construction were: members of the Polish Tatra Society. As a sign of protest against the investment the Department of the State Council for the Protection of Nature in 1937. Resigned.
ignoring the protests construction started in July 1935., and the Ministry of Communications appointed the Warsaw Society for construction and Operation of cableway Zakopane – Kasprowy Wierch. The company’s shareholders are: Railway, the League for the Promotion of Tourism, P.B.P. “Orbis”, Society for the Promotion of Skiing and the Gdansk Shipyard.
– Cable car in the Tatra mountains was built methods. which can be compared to the methods of construction of the pyramids of Egypt, when it comes to the involvement of human – said Białokozowicz.
about While the construction of the lower section of the cable from Kuźnice to Myślenickie Turnia not a big problem, because there ran a forest road, then the construction of the second section of the summit was a serious problem because of the very difficult alpine terrain. The entire construction was carried out by force of men and horses. Firstly the queue technical board, which streamlined the transport of construction materials to the top.
When building the lives of two employees. When the ban against the workers decided to take the cable car working from the top, overloaded wagon broke off and fell several meters down. The construction was carried out partly in the winter. Back then it was a very severe winter with temperatures down to minus 20 degrees C. At the peak of the work on the construction site were a thousand people.
80 years ago queue to Kasprowy was the third longest cableway in the world. A powerful return on investment in less than three years.
– Such an undertaking today would not be repeated. It was a very important investment for the then government, which sponsored the minister – considered Białokozowicz.
The authorities want to PKL top Kasprowy build a glazed bridge and observation deck on the upper cableway station. – We want tourists, who do not choose the Tatra peaks, had the opportunity to admire the mountains and nature without leaving the building of the upper station. We want to build the glass bridge over the Valley of Dry Kasprowa, which could enjoy nature. Another idea is a viewing terrace roof of the station building – spoke about the plans to a board member of PKL.
(DZ)
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