List of inclines in Pittsburgh

The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once had a number of inclined railways. Most have been removed; only two - the Duquesne Incline and Monongahela Incline - are still in operation, carrying passengers between Mount Washington and the Monongahela River.

Name	Opened	Closed	Lower end	Upper end	Owner	Notes
Bellevue Incline	1887	1892
Castle Shannon Incline	1890	1964	South Shore: Carson Street near Arlington Avenue	Mount Washington: Bailey Avenue near Haberman Avenue	Pittsburgh Railways (Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad)
Castle Shannon Incline No. 2	1892	c. 1919	Mount Washington: Warrington Avenue west of Haberman Avenue	Mount Washington: Bailey Avenue west of Haberman Avenue	Pittsburgh Railways (Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad)
Clifton Incline	1889	1905	Perry Hilltop: Strauss Street near Metcalf Street	Perry Hilltop: Irwin Avenue near Chautauqua Street	Clifton Avenue Incline Plane Company
Duquesne Incline	1877	—	South Shore: Carson Street	Mount Washington: Grandview Avenue near Oneida Place	Duquesne Incline Plane Company Now Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline
Fort Pitt Incline	1882	1900	Bluff: Second Avenue near Tenth Street Bridge	Bluff: Bluff Street near Magee Street	Fort Pitt Incline Plane Company
Knoxville Incline	1890	1960	South Side Flats: Bradish Street between 11th and 12th Streets	Allentown: Brosville Street near Warrington Avenue	Pittsburgh Railways (Pittsburgh Incline Plane Company)
Monongahela Incline	1870	—	South Shore: Carson Street near Smithfield Street Bridge	Mount Washington: Grandview Avenue near Wyoming Street	Monongahela Incline Plane Company Now Port Authority of Allegheny County
Monongahela Freight Incline	1884	1935	South Shore: Carson Street near Smithfield Street Bridge	Mount Washington: Grandview Avenue near Wyoming Street	Monongahela Incline Plane Company Now Port Authority of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane	before 1864	c. 1912	Carson Street	Bailey	Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mount Oliver Incline	1872	1951	South Side Flats: Freyburg Street near 12th Street	South Side Slopes: Warrington Avenue near Mount Oliver Street	Pittsburgh Railways (Mount Oliver Incline Railway)
Norwood Incline	1901	1923	Island Avenue	Norwood Place
Nunnery Hill Incline	1888	1895	Fineview: Federal Street near Henderson Street	Fineview: Meadville Street near Catoma Street	Nunnery Hill Incline Plane Company
Penn Incline	1884[1]	1953	Strip District: Spring Way near 17th Street	Hill District: Arcena Street near Ledlie Street	Pittsburgh Railways (Seventeenth Street Incline Plane Company)
Ridgewood Incline	1886[2]	1887[3]	Perry Hilltop: North Charles Street near Nublock Street	Perry Hilltop: Yale Street near Ridgewood Street	Ridgewood Incline Plane Company
St. Clair Incline	1888	c. 1932	South Side Flats: Josephine Street near Greeley Street	South Side Slopes: Salisbury Street between Fernleaf and Sterling Streets	St. Clair Incline Plane Company
Troy Hill Incline	1888	1898	Troy Hill: Ohio Street	Troy Hill: Lowrie Street near Froman Street	Troy Hill Incline Plane Company

Further: H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad

External links

• A video of the Monongahela and Knoxville inclines operating in Pittsburgh during 1926. The Monongahela Freight incline can also be seen in the video.^[4]

References

1. Diescher, Samuel (June 1897). "American Inclined Plane Railways". Cassier's Magazine. 12 (2): 86–87.
2. "A New Allegheny Incline". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 17 December 1886. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "An Incline Burned". The Post. Pittsburgh. 31 May 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
     Real estate plat-book of the city of Allegheny (Map). G. M. Hopkins & Co. 1890. Vol. 1, Plate 6. Old Incline Plane (Burned)
4. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1647951442115391