Peter Akermann, a researcher for St. Galler Stadwerke, contacted me last September about an old map of eastern Switzerland. I had previously seen the map so I responded that I am looking for information about Guebsenmoos and Guebsensee during the construction of the reservoir. When walking the path around Guebsensee I saw a historical sign with a photo taken during construction of the reservoir showing structures in Guebsenmoos. The structures, houses and barns, would eventually be flooded as the reservoir filled.
Today I received an email from Peter with a photo he found on the internet showing the same scene as the photo from Jack Staeheli showing the Staeheli house in Guebsenmoos.
This raises a question about the identity of the house in the photo. We know the Staeheli house was underwater after the formation of Guebsensee. The house in the photo is standing with the Guebsensee in the background. It appears the earth dam at the west end of the reservoir is in place and the reservoir is full. If that is so then the house in the photo could not have been the Staeheli house in Guebsenmoos.
More research may confirm this. Still, the house in the photo could be representative of the style of home the Staeheli's occupied in Guebsenmoos.
My thanks to Peter for researching this photo and providing the information.
To access the website which shows this photo click on this link:
http://www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch/615/19301.html
scroll down to the photo.
To learn more about St. Galler Stadwerke go to these links:
http://www.sgsw.ch/
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Galler_Stadtwerke&ei=z7dHT4foBYqfiQK2sqjaDQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=11&sqi=2&ved=0CH8Q7gEwCg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dst%2Bgaller%2Bstadtwerke%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1619%26bih%3D873%26prmd%3Dimvns
Today I received an email from Peter with a photo he found on the internet showing the same scene as the photo from Jack Staeheli showing the Staeheli house in Guebsenmoos.
This raises a question about the identity of the house in the photo. We know the Staeheli house was underwater after the formation of Guebsensee. The house in the photo is standing with the Guebsensee in the background. It appears the earth dam at the west end of the reservoir is in place and the reservoir is full. If that is so then the house in the photo could not have been the Staeheli house in Guebsenmoos.
More research may confirm this. Still, the house in the photo could be representative of the style of home the Staeheli's occupied in Guebsenmoos.
My thanks to Peter for researching this photo and providing the information.
http://www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch/615/19301.html
To access the website which shows this photo click on this link:
http://www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch/615/19301.html
scroll down to the photo.
To learn more about St. Galler Stadwerke go to these links:
http://www.sgsw.ch/
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Galler_Stadtwerke&ei=z7dHT4foBYqfiQK2sqjaDQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=11&sqi=2&ved=0CH8Q7gEwCg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dst%2Bgaller%2Bstadtwerke%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1619%26bih%3D873%26prmd%3Dimvns
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