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Landwasser Viaduct

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Location: Filisur, Albula, Graubünden, Switzerland

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Paul

August 15, 2023

Landwasser Viaduct (near Filisur station)

Landwasser Viaduct is a 65 meter high and long railway bridge

Its pillars rise majestically to a height of 65 metres: the Landwasser Viaduct on the Albula Line, which enables the Rhaetian Railway to cross the roaring Landwasser River over a length of 141.7 metres.

In a large curve, the viaduct leads directly into a steep rock face. Today, this breathtaking building is the most photographed subject on the route of the Rhaetian Railway. But the history of the origin of the viaduct is also worth admiring:

The Greek-Swiss engineer Alexander Acatos (1873-1950) was entrusted with the construction of the viaduct. It was also he who later planned the extension of the Zurich main station for the SBB. Under Acatos' guidance, the five limestone pillars with six semi-circular vaults, each 20 meters in span, were made from March 1901.

For cost reasons, a new construction technique was developed for the construction: the pillars were built without external scaffolding. Instead, iron scaffolding was walled into the three longest pillars and adjusted in height as construction progressed. The three iron scaffolds were connected with crossbeams on which electric construction cranes could be mounted. These raised the required building material to the corresponding pillar height.

A mixture of calcareous mortar and sand was used to connect the stones of the pillars. The mortar came from a factory in Unterterzen on Lake Walen and was transported to the Landwasser Viaduct being built on a 0.75 meter construction railway laid out on the future route.

After only about one and a half years of construction, the Landwasser Viaduct was completed in October 1902. Since then, the building fabric has proven to be resilient: the Landwasser Viaduct only had to be slightly repaired in 2009.

Today, the Landwasser Viaduct is still the landmark of the Rhaetian Railway and, as an imposing structure, invites passengers, tourists and locals to take photos.

Text / source: Rhätische Bahn AG, Bahnhofstrasse 25, CH - 7001 Chur

rhb.ch/de/blog/world-famous-der-landwasserviaduct

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Jirri

July 13, 2020

Worth seeing from outside as on the train

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PinionRadlerJan

May 10, 2021

Landwasser Viaduct of the Rhaetian Railway is well worth seeing.

More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%A4tische_Bahn

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Location: Filisur, Albula, Graubünden, Switzerland

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