Lot n° 797
Estimation :
20 - 40
EUR
circa 1910, advertising color triptych in postcard format. - Lot 797
circa 1910, advertising color triptych in postcard format.
MONT PILATUS RAILWAYS - LUZERN : LUCERNE - SWITZERLAND
Remarkable city and Alps view folder following illustrator, panoramic view of HOTEL PILATUS & MONTAGNE with named Hautes-Alpes mountains.
On verso advertising for the Hotel and technical description of the railway:
"Built from 1886 to 1888, according to engineer Locher's system. Track in solid masonry, covered with granite slabs. Stone bridges, iron & steel superstructure, fixed in the most solid manner to the body of the track. Rack and pinion, with double row of teeth, cut from solid steel bars, for horizontal cogwheels etc...
Pilatus station 2070 meters; average gradient 38%, maximum 48
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