Mount Adams Incline

Mount Adams Incline
Locale Cincinnati, OH
Dates of operation 1872–1948
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Headquarters Cincinnati, OH
Site of the former Mount Adams Incline, with crumbling piers still visible in center of photo.

The Mount Adams Incline was a funicular, or inclined railway, located in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mount Adams. Completed in 1872, it was the longest-running of the city's five inclines, closing in 1948.[1] It has since been demolished.[2]

The incline was 945 feet (288 m) long and carried streetcars and automobiles.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Schrage, Robert (Jul 1, 2006). "Along the Ohio River: Cincinnati to Louisville". Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  2. ↑ Cooper, Catherine (Apr 1984). "So Inclined: Scaling the Heights In Style". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 96. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1943). "Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors". p. 257. Retrieved 2013-05-04.


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