Marble road in Laas – technological wonder of the world, Part 2

Weisswasser Marble Quarry
the marble is sawn into blocks using diamond saws
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007

At the Weisswasser Quarry (an underground mine) marble blocks are sawn from the mountain with diamond saws and delivered to the loading depot of the cableway. Mine working at the Weiswasser quarry is carried out in shifts, so the mine can be worked 24 hours a day the whole year round.

At the Geflan Quarry (altitude 2.200-2.500m above sea level) mining is carried out only in the summer in day shifts. The marble blocks from this quarry are delivered to the same loading depot as the marble from the Weisswasser Quarry.

At the loading depot of the cableway the marble blocks are prepared for onward transportation. 

Marble mining factory in Laas, Weisswasser Quarry
Aerial cableway – carrying marble blocks
Constructed by "Adolf Bleichert and Co. AG", Leipzig, 1929, extant in original state
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007

Marble mining factory in Laas, Weisswasser Quarry
Railway station of  Weisswasser Quarry and cableway lowering marble blocks
Constructed by "Adolf Bleichert and Co. AG", Leipzig, 1929,  extant in original state
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007

Marble mining factory in Laas, aerial cableway
Railway station of Weisswasser Quarry and cableway - loading marble blocks onto railway wagons
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007

Further to Part 3

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© Wolfgang Morscher and Hubert Tscholl, February 2008