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Beginning in 1870, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania built numerous inclined railways to provide passenger service to workers traveling the steep hills to their homes; there were 17 built in the late 19th century. Following road building and greater use of private automobiles, the inclines business declined and most were closed and removed.
Present and former inclines in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County. Pages in category "Railway inclines in Pittsburgh" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Earlier inclines were used to transport coal in the Pittsburgh area, including the Kirk Lewis incline on Mt. Washington, and the Ormsby mine gravity plane in nearby Birmingham, which was later annexed to the city of Pittsburgh. The Monongahela Incline was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Cincinnati’s five inclines helped residents climb the city’s hills. They are long gone. But Pittsburgh still has two historic inclines in operation.
Originally steam powered, the Duquesne Incline was designed by Samuel Diescher, a Hungarian-American civil engineer based in Pittsburgh, and completed in 1877.The incline is 800 feet (244 m) long, 400 feet (122 m) in height, and is inclined at a 30-degree angle.
Pittsburgh. Bellevue Incline (1887–1892) Castle Shannon Incline (1890–1964) Castle Shannon South Incline (1892–c. 1914) Clifton Incline (1889–1905) Duquesne Incline (opened 1877; still operational) Fort Pitt Incline (1882–1900) H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad, inclines on Becks Run and Streets Run, operational in 1877; Knoxville ...
The St. Clair Incline, also known as the South Twenty-second Street Incline, [2] was built in 1886–1888 and operated by St. Clair Incline Plane Company. [3] [4] It was a double track [4] incline on the South Side Slopes of Pittsburgh from Josephine St. to Salisbury St.
The Troy Hill Incline, also known as the Mount Troy Incline, was a funicular railway located in old Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which is now the North Side of the city of Pittsburgh. History and notable features