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By 1876, the name had been changed to Mount Washington, [2] and a year later, the view of the City of Pittsburgh was first drawn from Mount Washington. [3] Many photos of the Pittsburgh skyline are from Mount Washington, due to the elevation of the hill overlooking the river valley and Downtown Pittsburgh below. [4]
The Mount Washington Auto Road—originally the Mount Washington Carriage Road—is a 7.6-mile (12.2 km) private toll road on the east side of the mountain, rising 4,618 feet (1,408 m) from an altitude of 1,527 feet (465 m) at the bottom to 6,145 feet (1,873 m) at the top, an average gradient of 11.6%. The road was completed and opened to the ...
The ravine is named after botanist Edward Tuckerman who studied alpine plants and lichens in the area in the 1830s and 1840s. According to the New England Ski Museum, the first recorded use of skis on Mount Washington was by a Dr. Wiskott of Breslau, Germany, who skied on the mountain in 1899, while the first skier in Tuckerman Ravine was John S. Apperson of Schenectady, New York, in April 1914.
Washburn Gallery The Mount Washington Observatory's Washburn Gallery offers framed and unframed prints of much of Bradford Washburn's early work. Photographing In High Places A portfolio of ten photographs from the Alaska Range and the Yukon made between 1938 and 1978. Memorial film: "Remembering Brad Washburn"
The Tip-Top House stands directly adjacent to the summit of Mount Washington, at 6,288 feet (1,917 m) the tallest mountain in the northeastern United States.It is located on the southwest side of the summit, just north of the summit station of the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the parking area at the end of the Mount Washington Auto Road.
Charlie Peachey, 24, alternates weeks living in Rye and working for the Mount Washington Observatory at the summit of the 6,288-foot-high peak.
Mount Washington Cog Railway photos Mount Washington Railway Company – Historical Timeline Archived December 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine "Among the Clouds" by John H. Ackerman, American Heritage Magazine , April 1968, Volume 19, Issue 3 Archived May 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Mount Washington is a historic neighborhood in the San Rafael Hills of Northeast Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1909, it includes the Southwest Museum , the world headquarters of the Self-Realization Fellowship , and Eldred Street, one of the three steepest streets in the United States.