The funicular railways of Valparaíso: mobility, public transportation and urban development (1880-1930)
This article explores the beginnings and development of the funicular railway system of Valparaíso, the Chilean port with the highest growth in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The objective is to account for the historical trajectory of a public transport modality that was of vital importance for...
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This article explores the beginnings and development of the funicular railway system of Valparaíso, the Chilean port with the highest growth in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The objective is to account for the historical trajectory of a public transport modality that was of vital importance for the development of mobility in the city and for urban development itself. Through a methodology based on urban history, the implementation and development of the funicular railway (funicular) from the 1880s will be reviewed, emphasizing the technological change that meant the displacement in height, for a city accustomed to a mobilization by trams (first pulled by horses and then electrical), as well as the use of stairs for pedestrians and pack animals in the hills. One of the main conclusions of this article is that the elevators had a socially diverse territorial distribution when reaching hill heights with residents of different conditions and, especially, those inhabited by popular sectors. This is relevant, considering that the other transport services until then only performed in the Plan, arriving at the hills just after the 1920s —by buses— precisely when the elevators began their process of obsolescence. |
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oai:ojs.revista180.cl:article-6212019-08-16T15:47:52Z The funicular railways of Valparaíso: mobility, public transportation and urban development (1880-1930) Los ascensores de Valparaíso: movilidad, transporte público y desarrollo urbano (1880-1930) Castillo, Simón Vila Muga, Waldo Claudio funicular railways; mobility; public transportation system; urban development; Valparaíso urbanismo; tecnología; infraestructura ascensores; desarrollo urbano; movilidad; transporte público; Valparaíso This article explores the beginnings and development of the funicular railway system of Valparaíso, the Chilean port with the highest growth in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The objective is to account for the historical trajectory of a public transport modality that was of vital importance for the development of mobility in the city and for urban development itself. Through a methodology based on urban history, the implementation and development of the funicular railway (funicular) from the 1880s will be reviewed, emphasizing the technological change that meant the displacement in height, for a city accustomed to a mobilization by trams (first pulled by horses and then electrical), as well as the use of stairs for pedestrians and pack animals in the hills. One of the main conclusions of this article is that the elevators had a socially diverse territorial distribution when reaching hill heights with residents of different conditions and, especially, those inhabited by popular sectors. This is relevant, considering that the other transport services until then only performed in the Plan, arriving at the hills just after the 1920s —by buses— precisely when the elevators began their process of obsolescence. Este artículo explora los inicios y el desarrollo del sistema de funiculares de Valparaíso, el puerto chileno de mayor crecimiento en el siglo XIX e inicios del XX. El objetivo es dar cuenta de la trayectoria histórica de una modalidad de transporte público que tuvo vital importancia para el desarrollo de la movilidad en la ciudad y para el propio desarrollo urbano. A través de una metodología basada en la historia urbana, se revisa la implementación y el desarrollo de los ascensores (funiculares) a partir de la década de 1880, enfatizando en el cambio tecnológico que significó el desplazamiento en altura para una ciudad acostumbrada a la movilización mediante tranvías (primero a tracción animal y luego eléctricos), así como al uso de escaleras para peatones y animales de carga en los cerros. Una de las principales conclusiones de este artículo plantea que los ascensores tuvieron una distribución territorial socialmente diversa, al alcanzar las alturas de cerros con residentes de distinta condición y, en especial, aquellos habitados por clases populares. Hecho no menor, teniendo en cuenta que los otros servicios de transporte hasta entonces solo se desempeñaban en el Plan de la ciudad, arribando a los cerros recién a partir de la década de 1920 —mediante los autobuses—, precisamente cuando los ascensores comenzaron su proceso de obsolescencia. Universidad Diego Portales Fondecyt de Iniciación Nº 11180082 financiado por Conicyt-Chile y patrocinado por la Universidad Diego Portales 2019-08-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/view/621 10.32995/rev180.Num-43.(2019).art-621 Revista 180; Núm. 43 (2019) Revista 180; Núm. 43 (2019) 0718-669X 0718-2309 spa https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/view/621/420 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1008 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1009 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1010 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1011 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1012 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1013 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1014 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1015 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1022 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1235 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1236 https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/downloadSuppFile/621/1269 Copyright (c) 2019 Revista 180 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |