Mount Adams Incline Railway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1907

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Artifact Overview

Opened in 1876, the Mount Adams Incline Railway was one of five funicular railways that operated in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 945-foot-long line carried streetcars and automobiles up and down a steep hill in the city's Mount Adams neighborhood. The incline closed in 1948. Despite proposals to repair and revive it, the railway was demolished in 1952.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1907

Subject Date

circa 1907

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.102.P.070061

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.75 in