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Sedan
chair transporting tourists before inauguration of funicular
(Funiculì
funiculà - Gamboni, Neri) |
Tourists visiting
Mt.Vesuvius:
only the rich could afford a sedan chair |
First Lower
Station, working from 1880 until 1906 eruption |
Champagne
for the inauguration of the new funicular on June 6, 1880
(Funiculì
funiculà - Gamboni, Neri) |
The Authorities on board the carriage Vesuvio on the inauguration
day
(Funiculì
funiculà - Gamboni, Neri) |
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The Authorities
took place in the carriage for the inauguration trip |
Etna
carriage (1880-1888) leaving the Lower Station |
The
carriage road which took to the Lower Station |
A carriage
arriving to the Upper Station |
Lower
Station and funicular path between 1880 and 1904 |
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Painting
representing Lower Station |
View of
Lower Station and the adjoining building |
A
carriage of second generation (1889-1904) leaving the Lower Station |
Painting
representing carriages coming up the funicular base |
A
woodcut of Lower Station |
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Cook's offices in
Galleria Vittoria of Naples, in a vintage postcard |
An old
postcard of "Thos Cook & Son" company which managed the
funicular |
An
advertising postcard of the funicular |
An
advertising postcard of the funicular |
The
funicular time-table for 1888-89 |
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The
Lower Station while a carriage faces the slope |
The Lower
Station in a vintage postcard
(Postcards collection E.Bevere) |
A
carriage leaving Lower Station |
The
road which took to the cone base |
A
carriage of second generation (1889-1904) |
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The
Lower Station
(Vesuvioinrete.it
collection) |
A
postcard representing the Vesuvio carriage |
A
postcard representing the Etna carriage |
A new carriage
(1904-06) on the background of the restaurant
and railway
(Funiculì
funiculà - Gamboni, Neri) |
The
Etna carriage (1889-1904)
(Postcards collection
E.Bevere) |
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Vesuvius
Railway arrive to the Lower Station |
The Vesuvio
carriage of second generation in office from 1889 to 1904 |
A
Vesuvius Railway carriage at the funicular lower station |
The
Etna carriage of second generation in office from 1889 to 1904 |
A
carriage arriving to the Upper Station |
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One of
the two 1904 carriages in office until 1906 eruption |
The new
1904 plant |
The
Upper Station destroyed by 1906 eruption |
The
1906 eruption |
Heroes
of the 1906 eruption posing in front of heaps of volcano ashes |
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The new
1909 Lower Station |
The new
1909 Lower Station while a railway carriage arrives |
A new
carriage of 4th generation in office from 1909 to 1944 |
The carriage
n°2 arriving to the new 1909 Upper Station |
A
carriage during a crossing |
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A
carriage halted at the Upper Station |
The
carriages n°1 and n°2 during a crossing |
The
place of the tracing where the rail double |
The carriage
n°1 in office from 1909 to 1944 eruption |
The
carriage n°1 leaving Lower Station |
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A tract
of tracing |
The carriage n°2
near the Upper Station |
The two
carriages crossing |
The carriage
n°1 entering in the Upper Station |
A
shelter existing half tracing |
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The
Upper Station working from 1909 to 1944 eruption |
A carriage |
A
carriage during the crossing |
The Upper Station |
The carriage
n°1 at the Upper Station |
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The
carriage n°2 in office from 1909 to 1944 eruption |
Mt.Vesuvius
and the funicular on February 1944, before the eruption |
Mt.Vesuvius
and the funicular |
Mt.Vesuvius
and the funicular, before the 1944 eruption |
The
Upper Station buried by the 1944 eruption |
