Duquesne Incline
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The Duquesne Incline (/djuːˈkeɪn/ dew-KAYN) is a funicular located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood, scaling Mt. Washington in the United States. Designed by Hungarian-American engineer Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877.
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Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Locale | 1220 Grandview Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Dates of operation | May 17, 1877 (1877-05-17)[1]–present |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 5 ft (1,524 mm) |
Length | 800 feet (244 m) |
Other | |
Website | duquesneincline.org |
Duquesne Incline | |
Coordinates | 40°26′21″N 80°1′5″W |
Built | 1877 |
Architect | Samuel Diescher |
Architectural style | Second Empire, T pattern |
NRHP reference No. | 75001609[2] |
Added to NRHP | March 4, 1975 |
The lower station is in the Second Empire style. Together with the incline, which rises 400 feet (122 m) in height, at a 30-degree angle, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The incline is unusual for using a 5 ft (1,524 mm) track gauge, mainly used in Finland, Russia, and Mongolia.
Together with the Monongahela Incline, it is one of two passenger inclines still in operation on Pittsburgh's South Side. By 1977, the two had become tourist attractions and together served more than one million commuters and tourists annually.[3] That year both inclines were designated as Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).