On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Yesterday I took the list published on the tripod.com site and looked for
> additional data in Mac McGrew's research.  Here's what I found ("closed" =
> last day of operation):
> 
> Monongahela:  opened 5-28-1870
> Mt. Oliver: closed 7-6-51 (This was a Friday...does someone want to check
> the paper to be sure?  Usually the last day was Saturday, but this may have
> been M-F service only at the end.)
> Monongahela Freight: closed 10-11-35
> Penn: closed 11-28-53
> Bellevue: says closed 1893
> Knoxville: closed 12-3-60
> Castle Shannon North: closed 6-20-64
> Castle Shannon South: says opened 1891
> Clifton: route was Strauss St., N.S. to Clifton Park
> Norwood: route was Island Ave. to Norwood Place
> Fort Pitt: closed 1902
> 
> Ed
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce@lists.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce@lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:55 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways@dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Incline abandonment dates
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com>
> To: "pittsburgh-railways@dementix.org" <pittsburgh-railways@dementix.org>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:01 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Incline abandonment dates
> 
> 12/3/60 for the Knoxville. 
> 
> 
> http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?rgn1=ic_all;xc=1;g=
> imls;sort=dc_da;q1=Incline;size=20;c=hpicasc;c=hpicchatham;c=hpiccma;c=hpich
> swp;c=hpicmonroeville;c=hpicnpl;c=hpicoakmont;c=hpicphlf;c=hpicpitcairn;c=hp
> icpointpark;back=back1332219787;subview=detail;resnum=140;view=entry;lastvie
> w=thumbnail;cc=hpicphlf;entryid=x-408-knox-10-1;viewid=0340.TIF
> 
> Derrick
> 
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> 
> The inclines never interested me but I have seen this site before:
> http://riid.tripod.com/inclines.html
> 
> Maybe I found the Url in the archives here.
> 
> I know I found information on Brookline here; this website also details some
> of the inclines:
> http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Inclines.html
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
>