Dresden Suspension Railway
Hanging cable railway from 1901 climbing a steep hillside to a tower with sweeping river-valley views.
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This guide to the Dresden Suspension Railway in the Loschwitz district follows an idea that began in a Cologne sugar factory, and the engineer Eugen Langen who wondered whether people could ride the way his freight did. It touches a letter to Wilhelm von Siemens, a rival line in Wuppertal, and the steam and then electric power that did the hauling. Best heard at the lower station, looking up along the track.
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