Knoxville Incline

1935/1980

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Knoxville Incline
  • Title
  • Knoxville Incline
  • Creator
  • Judge of Good Pictures
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F12.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F12.I02
  • Description
  • The Knoxville Incline was built in 1890 and was located in Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood. The incline was designed with an 18-degree curve and had the longest track ever built in Pittsburgh at 2,644 feet. It was the second incline in Pittsburgh with a curved track. The Knoxville Incline’s route went from South 11th Street to Warrington Avenue and then to Knoxville Avenue. The incline’s huge cars, designed by John M. McRoberts, were large enough to carry cars or heavy freight. The Knoxville Incline was dismantled in 1961.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Knoxville Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Inclines--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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