Hiking through Semmering(Austria). Semmeringbahn - Adlitzgraben Viadukt

Semmeringbahn The construction of the railway The start of construction work on the Semmering Railway coincided with the Revolution of 1848. In order to get the unemployed and revolting labourers out of Vienna, the building licence was granted very quickly. The entire track was subdivided into 14 lots and handed over for execution to different building contractors. This proce-dure allowed working simultaneously on different sections of the track and for employing great numbers of labourers 100 km away from Vienna, Soon, numerous shanty camps appeared along the future railway line, Up to 10 000 labourers, male and lemale, populated the Adlitzgraben during the construction period. The viaduct across the Unterer Adlitzgraber. The Unterer Adlitzgraben is a wide, slanting, damp valley floor. Therefore, the laying of the foundations for the viaduct crossing it had to be particularly deep. The viaduct itself, however, was built too lightly. Because of the wet underground and the lateral thrust of the train operations it did not take long before the first cracks showed. The viaduct had to be reinforced already in Ghega's life time. The pillars at the outer side of the viaduct were given support pillars and the vault was fortified by inner rings. Generally speaking, the viaducts of the Semmering Railway were massively built and have, up to present, stood up well to the pressures of traffic. #austria #hiking #semmering #naturelovers #mountains #beautifulplaces #viewpoint