Transformatoren-Station Rickenbacherstrasse - Gelterkinden, BL, Switzerland - Historic Transformer Sub-Stations Buildings on Waymarking.com

EN: The transformer substation Rickenbacherstrasse is located at a crossroads in the north of Gelterkinden. The one-storey building with a saddle roof and a ventilation opening above the entrance is not dated. After the conventional overhead wires were relocated into the ground, the costly tower construction was no longer necessary. Such single-storey stations as real brick buildings are nevertheless not very common, since the prefabricated stations of metal and concrete came up only a little later. Therefore I guess this one was built in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

The station is still in service, operated by Elektra Baselland Liestal.

DE: Die Transformatoren-Station Rickenbacherstrasse steht an einer Strassenkreuzung im Norden von Gelterkinden. Das einstöckige Gebäude mit Satteldach und einer Belüftungsöffnung über dem Eingang ist nicht datiert. Nachdem die herkömmlichen Freileitungen in den Boden verlegt wurden, war die aufwändige Turmbauweise nicht mehr nötig. Solche einstöckigen Stationen als echte gemauerte Bauwerke sind trotzdem nicht sehr häufig, da nur wenig später die vorgefertigten Stationen aus Metall und Beton aufkamen. Ich vermute deshalb, es stammt aus den späten 1950er oder frühen 1960er Jahren.

Die Station ist noch in Betrieb und wird von der Elektra Baselland Liestal betrieben.

Creation date: unknown (1950s/60s?) Status: Active Current use: Not listed

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