Mount Adams Incline
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The Mount Adams Incline was a funicular, or inclined railway, located in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mount Adams. It was the third of the city's five inclines to open, beginning operations in 1876, and the last to close down in 1948.[1] It has since been demolished.[2]
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History
Planning for the incline was underway by 1873.[5] The brick carhouse at the top of the hill was constructed by July 1874.[6] The incline was officially opened as Cincinnati's third inclined railway on March 8, 1876.[7][8]
The incline was closed for six months beginning in November 1879 for renovations to support electric streetcars instead of horse-drawn cars.[7]
The incline underwent repairs in 1906 and was closed beginning on May 14.[9]
In April 1948, the Cincinnati Street Railway Co. closed the incline for repairs. The following month, they announced that the repairs would take at least a year. With the announcement, they also detailed how the incline operated at a major loss; they said that in 1947, the incline earned $8,407.05 in fares and cost $68,617.49 to operate.[10] The announcement led many locals to believe the incline would close permanently, and sparked cries to save the incline.[11] Proposals included having the city take it over from the railway company, establishing a non-profit to operate it as a tourist attraction, or converting the carhouse atop the hill into a restaurant.[12][13][14] These proposals ultimately did not come to fruition, and demolition of the structure began in February 1952.[15]
See also
References
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External links
- Cincinnati's Inclined Plane Railroads via Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library
- Cincinnati Transit: Mt. Adams Incline
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- Defunct funicular railways in the United States
- Passenger rail transportation in Cincinnati
- History of Cincinnati
- Standard-gauge railways in the United States
- Railway inclines in the United States
- 1876 establishments in Ohio
- 1948 disestablishments in Ohio
- Railway lines opened in 1876
- Railway lines closed in 1948