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Mount Lowe Railway

Mount Lowe Railway
First Mount Lowe Railway car to leave Altadena for Rubio Canyon, July 4, 1893 (CHS-40191).jpg
Opening Day ceremonies of the Mount Lowe Railway at Mountain Junction, the corner of Lake Avenue and Calaveras Street, Altadena, Ca., July 4, 1893
Mount Lowe Railway is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Mount Lowe Railway
Mount Lowe Railway is located in California
Mount Lowe Railway
Mount Lowe Railway is located in the US
Mount Lowe Railway
Location Mount Lowe  United States
Coordinates 34°12′40″N 118°07′14″W / 34.21111°N 118.12056°W / 34.21111; -118.12056Coordinates: 34°12′40″N 118°07′14″W / 34.21111°N 118.12056°W / 34.21111; -118.12056
Built 4 July 1893
Architect David J. Macpherson
NRHP Reference # 92001522 (original)
14001146 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 6, 1993
Boundary increase January 14, 2015
Mount Lowe
Overview
Type Light Rail, Funicular
System Pacific Electric
Status Defunct
Locale Southern California
Termini Pacific Electric Building
Alpine Tavern
Stations 31
Operation
Opened 1902 (1902)
Closed 1938 (1938)
Owner Pacific Electric
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) (Mountain Division); 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge (other divisions)
Route map
Alpine Tavern
Granite Gate
Sunset View
Circular Bridge
Horseshoe Curve
Dawn
Cape of Good Hope
Echo Mountainterminus after 1936
Rubio Canyonincline
Roca
Las Flores Canyon
Hygiea
Poppyfields
Newkirk
Altadena
North Lake
Scripps
Mountain View Cemetery
Lincoln
Pasadena
Pasadena Short Line
ATSF
Lamanda Park North Lake
Lake and Colorado
Pasadena via Oak Knoll North Lake Service
Monrovia-Glendora, Sierra Madre
El Molino
San Pasqual Wash
Pasqualito
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