Mount Oliver Incline
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| Mount Oliver Incline | |
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| Locale | South Side, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Opened | 1872[1] |
| Closed | 6 July 1951 |
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| Line length | 1,600 feet (490 m) |
The Mount Oliver Incline was a funicular on the South Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was designed in 1871 by the Prussian engineer John Endres and his daughter Caroline Endres.[2] Its track was 1600 feet long and gained 377 feet of elevation.[3] It ran from the corner of Freyburg and South Twelfth Streets at its lower end to Warrington Avenue at its upper end. It was closed on 6 July 1951.[1]
See also
- Knoxville Incline
- List of funicular railways
- List of inclines in Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, Knoxville & St. Clair Electric Railroad
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