Photo 1:Originally Posted by bobsmom
What's an Incline Car ??
Like a trolly car or a San Francisco Cable Car . except the Incline has only two cars
operating on a track that is "inclined" about 45* and runs straight UP and DOWN the
side of Mount Washington. While one goes UP, the other car goes DOWN.
Don't worry - the floor is counter-inclined 45* too - the passengers ride
on level seats on a level floor. FHAN-TASTIC view of Pittsburgh!
Photo 2:
The Incline "Upper Station" where the winch cables are controlled by the Operator.
PS: The entire Incline System - down to two lines from a high of a dozen,
is a Card-Carrying "Antique" - but still hauls passengers up & down Mt Washington
EVERY Day! The "Inclines" are a Must Ride if you're ever in P-Burgh!
Phto 3:
"The Point" - aka Point State Park ... the juncture of our Three Rivers !
1 ~ the Allegheny River - flowing south towards the point is visible above
the Indian's nose.
2 ~ the Monongahela River - flowing west towards the point from the east / southeast,
is visible under the settler's chin.
Those two rivers flow together at "The Point" and become
3 ~ the Ohio River - which heads west under the Indian's chin.
When I was a lil kid growing up in the P-burg suburbs, standing near that statue's
location on Mt Washington - you'd be hard pressed to see the other side
of the Monongahela River because of the famous Pittsburgh SMOG!
And there was NO fountain at the Point!
Instead there was a horrible collection of old, run-down steel mill production
and processing buildings, railroad tracks, and steel products covering every
inch of what later became the "Golden Triangle" - a modern group of
skyscrapers, parks, and Interstate highways.
Pittsburgh has come a LOOOOOONG Way in my lifetime!
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