Knoxville Incline (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Mount Oliver /
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Mount Oliver
World / United States / Pennsylvania
funicular / cablecar station (rail transport on the ground), historical layer / disappeared object
The Knoxville Incline, in operation from 1890 to 1960, was the longest funicular ever built in Pittsburgh and one of only two with a curved track. The driving cables were carried around the curve on pulleys between the rails.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_Incline
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°25'28"N 79°59'21"W
- Castle Shannon Incline 1.4 km
- Penn Incline 2.8 km
- Ashley Planes 355 km
- Bellevue Incline 414 km
- Roosevelt Island Tram 511 km
- Skylift and Funicular to Ghost Town 610 km
- Lookout Mountain’s Incline Railway 765 km
- Royal Gorge Incline 2182 km
- Great Incline (site) 3418 km
- Cable Car Classics 3649 km
- Allentown Neighborhood 0.6 km
- Southside Slopes Neighborhood 0.8 km
- Southside Flats Neighborhood 1.1 km
- Knoxville Neighborhood 1.3 km
- Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania 1.4 km
- Beltzhoover Neighborhood 1.5 km
- Mt. Washington Neighborhood 1.7 km
- Arlington Neighborhood 2 km
- Bon Air Neighborhood 2.2 km
- South Shore Neighborhood 2.4 km