THE LONGEST LIFT IN THE WORLD.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1985, 23 April 1906, Page 7

THE LONGEST LIFT IN THE WORLD.

The highest lilt in the world has been installed opposite Lucerne, at the celebrated viewpoint, of Burgenstoek. and the Lucernois take special pride in pointing out to the visitor that he has to come abroad to see the "boss lift." of the world. To reach this remarkable lift the traveller takes the cog-road from Kehrsiten on the shore of the lake to the hotels of Kehrsiten. Thence a most picturesque road, cut out of the rock side of the mountains overhanging the lake, takes you in 30 minutes to the lift, the shaft of which is bidden in a grotto excavated alongside the engine-house. The lift is run by electricity,. The carriage or cage is twelve feet square and its passengers are limited to seven. When the signal to start is given, the cage rises for 213 ft. through a well of masonry, then comes suddenly into the daylight, and for 387 ft. rises in a steel latticework to the landing stage, the total ascension of 000 ft. being made in less than three minutes. From the landing stage an open gallery leads to the summit of the ITamniet-Schvvand Mountain, 3,600 ft. above the sea level. From this point a glorious view is had of the lake of the Four Cantons, and of the Alps of Dri and of Untcrwald. The Jift cage is lifted by two steel cables, and contains an arrangement by which, in the event of the electric power being interrupted, it can be lowered by hand to the startingpoint. For those who are not subject to vertigo, a steel ladder has been fixed along the whole length of the shaft.