Ascensor Polanco, consisting of a tunnel, a tower, and a catwalk, is the only one of Valparaiso’s ascensors to turn vertical. It is also the only ascensor to entertain a mid-point stop; this occurs where shaft intersects slope and breaches ground. Polanco rises from the hillside like a yellow Tuscan turret, using a similar strategy to Lisbon’s Santa Justa elevator to trigonometrically connect the city’s upper and lower levels. Unfortunately, Polanco is quite un-operational at the moment.
Ascensor Polanco, consisting of a tunnel, a tower, and a catwalk, is the only one of 
