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DescriptionElevation profiles of Pittsburgh inclines.svg |
English: Dimensional comparison of 14 passenger inclines (extant and historical) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
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Height | Length | Horiz. length | Grade or angle | Source(s) | |
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Castle Shannon | 451 | 1375 | [1] | ||
Castle Shannon 2 | 2112 | (Variable) | [1][2] | ||
Clifton | 160 (est.) | 275 (est.) | [3][2] | ||
Duquesne | 400 | 794 | [4] | ||
Ft. Pitt | 135 | 350 | [1] | ||
Knoxville | 375 | 2640 | [1] | ||
Monongahela | 375 | 640 | [1] | ||
Mt. Oliver | 377 | 1600 | 20% (lower 400 ft); 25% (rest) | [1] | |
Norwood | 125 (est.) | 640 (est.) | [3][5] | ||
Nunnery Hill | 220 (est.) | 1100 (est.) | 16.75% (below curve); 24% (above curve) | [6][3][2] | |
Penn | 330 | 840 | [1] | ||
Ridgewood | 278 | 32° 31' | [7] | ||
St. Clair | 361 | 2060 | 14% bottom; 29% top (parabolic arc profile) | [1][8] | |
Troy Hill | 160 | 370 | [9] |
Sources[edit]
- ↑ a b c d e f g h (October 1891). "The Inclined Planes". The Street Railway Journal Souvenir: 37–40.
- ↑ a b c City of Pittsburgh Geodetic and Topographic Survey Maps, 1923-1961. Historic Pittsburgh.
- ↑ a b c G.M. Hopkins Company Maps. Historic Pittsburgh.
- ↑ About the Incline. Duquesne Incline. Retrieved on 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Google Earth elevation data.
- ↑ Plan & Profile: Nunnery Hill Inclined Plane. Retrieved on 18 December 2016. Sometimes-cited height of 300 ft is inaccurate.
- ↑ (31 December 1886). "A Passenger Incline Railroad". Railroad Gazette 18 (53): 912.
- ↑ (28 September 1904). "Incline Cars Make Mad Dash". The Pittsburgh Gazette: 1. (Values for top and bottom grades are evidently transposed; they match map data if switched.)
- ↑ Diescher, Samuel (June 1897). "American Inclined Plane Railways". Cassier's Magazine 12 (2): 89.
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