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The Nunnery Hill Incline was a funicular located in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, in what is now the Fineview neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Nunnery Hill Incline | |
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Overview | |
Locale | Fineview, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40.460°N 80.006°W |
Service | |
Type | Funicular |
History | |
Opened | 23 June 1888[1] |
Closed | 13 September 1895 |
Technical | |
Line length | 1,100 feet (340 m)[1] |
Track gauge | 5 ft (1,524 mm)[1] |
Minimum radius | 250 feet (76 m)[2] |
Designed by Samuel Diescher, this incline operated from 1888 until 1895, running between its base station on Federal Street to its upper station on the currently-named Meadville Street. It was one of only a few inclines with a curve in its track.[3][4]
The name of the hill derived from a short-lived settlement of Poor Clares earlier in the century.[5]
The incline suspended operations without warning on September 13, 1895, to the consternation of many of the hill's residents.[6] It did not resume business.[7] By 1901, it was being dismantled.[8]
Remnants of the incline, including the red brick lower station and a stone retaining wall along Henderson Street, have been the focus of recent preservation efforts.[9]
Both structures received City of Pittsburgh historic designations in 2011.[10]
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