An elevator was needed to connect the Mariaberget hill with the Riddarfärden shore at Södermalm in Stockholm. It was constructed in the mid 1880s. Before the work on the elevator began, 22 500 m³ of rock side was blasted away. When finished the elevator was 28 meters high and 3000 people used it on a daily basis. It is hidden inside a beautiful building that back in the day also housed a pub. The elevator was closed in 1937 when no more than 50 people a day used it. The city bought the building in the 1960s, and it is today renovated. There is a new elevator in place, but it is not open to the public. Today you will find a number of different companies here, including an architect firm and an ad agency.
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What a pity that it is not public transport anymore. I think at the elevator from Gustafe Eiffel in Lissabon. Yes those were the times.
I was on the phone with my brother yesterday evening. He called to let me know that he had the virus, and that he would spend seven days in his new apartment in Barcelona. He needed a few prints to hang on the walls, so I emailed him a couple of Stockholm views that I shot on this visit. And just to show off he told me that when he worked in this area some 20 years ago, he used the elevator a couple of times.
I like the view, nice steeple on the right.
That is the German Church in the old town.
I really like this shot!
Well it's good that it's been kept to be used.
I like this view.
A good story...the elevator (though a new one) is still in use. And the building remains. Don't ever move to TX. The philosophy appears to be tear it down and rip it up if it ain't makin' any money.
I do hope your brother gets by easily with the virus.....and 7 days finds him chomping at the bit to get out of the apartment!
He is much better now. He had a severe headache, and slept a lot over the last ten days or so.
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