Marble road in Laas – technological wonder of the world, Part 3
The 1900 m long central section of the marble road in Laas is a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 1 meter. This is the safest and most environmentally friendly method of transporting marble through the Stilfser Joch National Park.
Weisswasser Marble Quarry (underground mine)
the rock face with the Weisswasser Spring cascading down, the mountain slope and the railway
in the Laas Valley
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007
Aerial view of the railway line through the Laas Valley in Vinschgau
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007
The upper mountain station of the Laas Valley funicular railway
To the left is a locomotive on the narrow-gauge railway line leading to the Weisswasser Quarry
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007
The upper mountain station of the Laas Valley funicular railway and the terminus of the Weisswasser Quarry narrow-gauge railway line
© Hubert Tscholl, 2007
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© Wolfgang Morscher and Hubert Tscholl, February 2008