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Knoxville Incline   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Pittsburgh Railways Company
Title
Knoxville Incline
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View of the base of the Knoxville Incline looking from Bradford Street between South 11th Street and South 12th Street to a point at the junction of Brownsville Road. This incline boasted a total length of a 1/2 Mile, rising 370 Vertical Feet, and rising to a 14% Grade. The incline was a double-track railway of nine foot gaughe, 60 pound rails laid on wooden ties which rested on ballad or steel girders. Each car weighed about 10 tons and was specially designed to carry street cars and other vehicles. A special enclosed and heated compartment was provided for passengers. The Knoxville Incline opened in 1890 and closed in 1960.
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ca. 1890-1910
Subjects
  • Transportation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Inclined Railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Street-railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Knoxville Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Pittsburgh Incline Plane Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Pittsburgh Railways Company.
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Date 1890
date QS:P571,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q22905914
Credit line Pittsburgh Railways Company Records, 1872-1974, AIS.1974.29, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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    Bradford Street
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