Mount Oliver Incline Top View

ca. 1890-1910

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Mount Oliver Incline Top View
  • Title
  • Mount Oliver Incline Top View
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh Railways Company
  • Date
  • ca. 1890-1910
  • Identifier
  • 7429.0026.PR
  • Description
  • Mount Oliver Inclined Railway Company was constructed in the summer of 1872 directly under authority of the Mount Oliver Inclined Plane Authority. This view is taken from the top of the incline from the station and engine house located on Washington/Warrington Avenue opposite Mount Oliver Street looking to the South Side. The incline ran from 1872 – 1951. Its last day of operation was July 7, 1951.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Transportation
    Inclined railroads
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Mt. Oliver Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh Railways Company Records, 1872-1974
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh Railways Company Records
  • 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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