Description: 7.5 inch black and white image of this engineering marvel on a souvenir plate. Can be hung on the wall. There is no manufacturers stamp on the back. Excellent condition. Per Wikipedia- TheWuppertaler Schwebebahn(English:Wuppertal Suspension Railway) is asuspension railwayinWuppertal, Germany. The line was originally called theGerman:Einschienige Hngebahn System Eugen Langen(English:Eugen Langen Monorail Overhead Conveyor System) named for its inventor,Eugen Langen. It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system in Germany. Langen first offered the technology to the cities ofBerlin,Munich, andBreslauwho all turned it down.[2]However, the towns ofBarmen,Elberfeld, andVohwinkelalong the banks of the riverWupperwere intrigued by the technologys ability to connect their communities. The elevated tracks and stations were built between 1897 and 1903; the first track opened in 1901. The railway line is credited with growth of the original cities and their eventual merger into Wuppertal. Wuppertal(German pronunciation:[vptal];lit."WupperDale") is a city inNorth Rhine-Westphalia,Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and17th-largestin Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger ofElberfeld,Barmen,Ronsdorf,CronenbergandVohwinkel, and was initially "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930. It is the capital and largest city of theBergisches Land.
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Location: Saint Simons Island, Georgia
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Region of Origin: Germany
