Quarry in the Riedgarto
For the construction of the Bern Loetschberg – Simplon railway (BLS) southern ramp large quantities of hard rock was needed to build up the viaducts and retaining walls. Therefore the existing quarry in Riedgarto was enlarged. After the completion of the railway the extracting was stopped and the quarry lapsed with widely audible roaring.
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Point of interestBaltschieder Viaduct
The viaduct of the Baltschieder valley with a length of 105 meters was constructed in 1911 with a fish-belly framework construction. In e
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Point of interestBietschtal Viaduct
The viaduct in the Bietschtal valley was completed in 1913 as a steel construction. A possible enlargement of the Lötschberg route t
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Point of interestLuogelkin Viaduct
Near to the Train station Hohtenn the path leads through the Luogelkin ditch which is exposed to avalanches. The mountain track of the Be
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Point of interestMast in a Moving Slope (Cable Car Grindelwald – First)
In some places in the Grindelwaldvalley the slopes are in motion: the soft argillaceous schist .in the underground move, influenced by gr
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Point of interestNorthern Portal of the Lötschberg-Summit Tunnel
Here you find the entrance to the Lötschberg tunnel, which is 14'612 m long. The construction begun on 1st November 1906. The pe
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Point of interestDry-stone walls St. German
The steep slopes of the sunny side of the Valais were terraced centuries ago for agricultural land use. Therefore dry-stone walls were bu
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Point of interestRailway Wengeneralp
The Wengernalp railway (WAB) is one of the oldest mountain railways in the Bernese Oberland – already in 1890 the authorities grant
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Point of interestGelmer Funicular
The steepest funicular railway in Europe operates in Guttannen. The Gelmer railway shows at its steepest point a fabulous gradient of max
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