Monongahela Freight Incline

Monongahela Freight Incline
Overview
Headquarters	Pittsburgh, PA
Locale	Pittsburgh, PA
Dates of operation	1884–1935
Technical
Track gauge	10 ft (3,048 mm)

The Monongahela Freight Incline was a funicular railway that scaled Mount Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

History and features

Designed by European immigrants Samuel Diescher and John Endres, this incline was built beside the smaller, original Monongahela Incline and opened in 1884.^[1] The incline cost $125,000.

It had a unique 10 ft (3,048 mm) broad gauge that would allow vehicles, as well as walk-on passengers, to ascend and descend the hill. The cars were hoisted by a pair of Robinson & Rea engines.^[2]

The incline operated until 1935.^[3]

The older passenger incline, which was built in 1870, is one of two inclines still serving South Side Pittsburgh today, out of a total of seventeen that were built during the nineteenth century. Passengers can see concrete pylons remaining from the freight incline during the descent.

References

^ Diescher, Samuel (June 1897). "American Inclined Plane Railways". Cassier's Magazine. 12 (2): 86.
^ A Century of Inclines, pp. 7-8.
^ "Twentieth Century Progress Dooms Vehicle Incline Built Before Autos Replaced Hansoms and Victorias". The Pittsburgh Press. 11 October 1935. p. 37.

Sources

A Century of Inclines, The Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Incline.

40°25′55″N 80°00′20″W / 40.431944°N 80.005556°W / 40.431944; -80.005556

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[1] Diescher, Samuel (June 1897). "American Inclined Plane Railways". Cassier's Magazine. 12 (2): 86.

[2] A Century of Inclines, pp. 7-8.

[3] "Twentieth Century Progress Dooms Vehicle Incline Built Before Autos Replaced Hansoms and Victorias". The Pittsburgh Press. 11 October 1935. p. 37.

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