The Bad Schandau Elevator is a passenger truss-tower elevator built in 1904 at Bad Schandau, a spa town in Saxony, Germany. The height of the elevator is 52.6 metres , in an art nouveau-style steel framework tower, which has a diameter of 5.2 metres at the ground and at the door such of 2.5 metres . On the way upward it overcomes a difference in height of 47.76 metres . It functions as an observation tower.
The elevator is driven by an electric motor, with the electricity generated by the Lichtenhain Waterfall. During the winter and emergencies, electricity was originally provided by a battery.
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Address: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Germany
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