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Mount Oliver Incline

Mount Oliver Incline
Overview
Locale South Side, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°25′28″N 79°59′11″W / 40.4244°N 79.9864°W / 40.4244; -79.9864
Operation
Opened 1872
Closed 6 July 1951
Technical
Line length 1,600 feet (490 m)

The Mount Oliver Incline was a funicular on the South Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was designed in 1871 by the Prussian engineer John Endres and his daughter Caroline Endres. Its track was 1600 feet long and gained 377 feet of elevation. It ran from the corner of Freyburg and South Twelfth Streets at its lower end to Warrington Avenue at its upper end. It was closed on 6 July 1951.


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