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|January 2009

The global project for the Urban Renovation of

Río de la Pila

and

Prado de San Roque

has endeavored to solve problems of access in the “Integrated Rehabilitation Area” of

Río de la Pila

.Located on a slope with a different height than the city of Santander,the area includes 39 buildings housing 432dwellings and 42 commercial premises covering a surfacearea of 13,000 m

,where 1,000 people live. Furthermore, theproject included activities within the urban environment, withthe building of curbs, a small promenade, the replanting of thearea and the remodeling of the

Campo del Regimiento

,asportsarea adjacent to the

Paseo del General Dávila

,which is used by29 teams in the area, the Municipal Football School and44,000 other people.Afundamental part of the project was the means of eleva-tion, consisting of a Velino Extra outdoor escalator with an in-cline of 27.3º, a height difference of 5.4 m and a speed of 0.5mps, which provides access to a 1500-kg inclined elevator(with capacity for 20 persons) to connectthe streets

Río de la Pila, San Sebastián

and

Prado San Roque

,having a length of 72 m

Inclined Elevator ofRio de la Pila (Santander)

by Jesús Sánchez Criadosubmitted by Louisa Kellie

View of auxiliary escalator

Inclined Elevators

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and an inclination of 32º, and traveling a height differ-ence of 38 m at 1 mps.Located on a peninsula, Santander is a coastal city inthe North of Spain, with views over a bay. Steep hills andbeaches run from east to west. The maritime port has hadconnections with France, the U.K. and the SpanishAntilles and been a place of retreat and summer holidaysfor the aristocracy. It is currently a site for tourism, docks,industry and service. It is both the capital of the provinceand an autonomous community with a population of 190,000 inhabitants.The

Río de la Pila

inclined elevator made some 500 journeys per day in its first month of service. A yearly es-timate is 2.7 million users in 180,000 free trips.

Installation Characteristics

Load1500 kg

Number of persons20

Nominal speed1 mps

Travel distance 71.74 m

Difference in height38.06 m

Inclination32.04°(constant and in astraight line)

Number of stopsFour

EmbarkationsFour (on the left side)

CarPanoramic with an exteriorcomposed of safety glassand stainless-steel finishing,including a main and auxil-iary control panel (for thehandicapped), rescue door,false fold-down ceilingequipped with air-condition-ing and safety chamberand guillotine door for ac-cess to the inspection postinside the foot rail. Its usefuldimensions are1,600 mm X2,100 mm X 2,200 mm

Traction controlControl by frequency andcurrent frequency drive toguarantee smooth startingand stopping

Location of thefour enginesIn the upper part of the ele-vator gap adjacent to theupper embarkation.

Car doorsCentral-opening automaticdoors with two stainless-steelglass doors with the mecha-nism at the bottom and adimension of 900 mm X2,000 mm.

Landing doorsCentral-opening automaticdoors with two stainless-steelglass doors with the mecha-nism at the bottom and adimension of 900 mm X2,000 mm with an LCD sig-naling system and ladingbutton panels integratedinto the frames

Below (top to bottom):•Area affected by the renovation of

Río de la Pila

and

Prado San Roque

•Positioning the counterweight

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