The Troy Hill Incline, also known as the Mount Troy Incline, was a

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railway located in old Allegheny,

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, which is now the North Side of the city of

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History and notable features

Built by

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or Samuel Diescher, the incline was one of only a few funiculars constructed on the north side of Pittsburgh. It began construction in August 1887, and after considerable delay, opened on September 20, 1888. The incline ascended from Ohio Street near the end of the second

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to Lowrie Street on the crest of Troy Hill. Never very profitable, it shut down in fall 1898 and was razed a decade later. A building now standing at 1733 Lowrie Street was long thought to have been the summit station, but later research found that the building did not appear on maps until well after the incline closed. The incline's length measured , with a forty-seven percent (47 %)

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. The cost of construction was about $94,047.

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*''A Century of Inclines'', The Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Incline. {{coord, 40.4642, -79.9812, display=title Defunct funicular railways in the United States Railway inclines in Pittsburgh Railway lines opened in 1888 Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks Troy Hill (Pittsburgh) 1888 establishments in Pennsylvania 1898 disestablishments in Pennsylvania

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