Johnstown Inclined Plane

1930

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Johnstown Inclined Plane
  • Title
  • Johnstown Inclined Plane
  • Creator
  • Heffley, Russell H.
  • Date
  • 1930
  • Identifier
  • 200905.015.HF
  • Description
  • View of the Johnstown Inclined Plane, built after the 1889 flood to connect Johnstown to the borough of Westmont. It was designed by Samuel Diescher, who also designed Pittsburgh's Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, and is the steepest vehicular incline in the world.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Inclined railroads
    Johnstown Inclined Plane (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Russell H. Heffley Photograph Collection, 1924- ca. 1950s
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Russell H. Heffley Photographs
  • Rights Information
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