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The charter for this railway entered the planning phase by January 1890, with a target filing date of February 8 of that year, and was originally to be called the Arlington Avenue Inclined Plane. The last day of service was December 3, 1960, and it was demolished before the year ended. It was
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On October 7, 1953 a boy, Alan Schiller, hanging from a car was killed. While it is commonly reported that Pittsburgh inclines recorded no fatalities, this, along with an incident on the
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enabled the development of land in Allentown and surrounding communities on the hilltop. Like the
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neighborhoods. The incline was built in 1890 and had a track gauge of
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Hadley, S Trevor (1994). "Chapter 3: Inclined to Disaster (1909)".
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designed by John H. McRoberts, with a length of 2644 feet.
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Former railway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
40°25′26″N 79°59′17″W / 40.424°N 79.988°W / 40.424; -79.988
Funicular
Track gauge
broad gauge
inclined railway
Pittsburgh's
South Side
Allentown
9 feet (2,700 mm)
Pittsburgh, Knoxville & St. Clair Electric Railroad
Pittsburgh Railways
Knoxville
Mount Oliver Incline
Nunnery Hill Incline
St. Clair Incline
List of funicular railways
List of inclines in Pittsburgh
Mount Oliver Incline
Pittsburgh, Knoxville & St. Clair Electric Railroad
"New Incline Opened"
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
"That New Inclined Plane"
"Knoxville Incline, Last Days"
"South Side Facts"
the original
The Street Railway Journal
New York

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