Mount Oliver Incline Explained

Mount Oliver Incline
Linelength:1600feet
Locale:South Side, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Open:1872[1]
Close:6 July 1951

The Mount Oliver Incline was a funicular on the South Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was designed in 1871 by the Prussian-born engineer John Endres and his American daughter Caroline Endres, one of the first women engineers in the United States.[2]

Its track was 1600 feet long and gained 377 feet of elevation.[3] 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.[1]

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  1. News: Mt. Oliver Incline Chugs Its Last. Pittsburgh Press. 7 July 1951. 3.
  2. Web site: Legendary Ladies: A Guide to Where Women Made History in Pennsylvania: Greater Pittsburgh Region. Pennsylvania Commission for Women. Harrisburg. 21 March 2015.
  3. The Inclined Planes. The Street Railway Journal Souvenir. October 1891. 38.