Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
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Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
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A view down the mile's length of the railway from the top of Lookout Mountain
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| Location: | Off U.S. 11 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: | 35°0′28″N 85°20′8″W / 35.00778°N 85.33556°WCoordinates: 35°0′28″N 85°20′8″W / 35.00778°N 85.33556°W |
| Built: | 1895 |
| Architect: | Guild,Josephus Conn |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73001774[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 26, 1973 |
The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is an inclined plane railway located along the side of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States. Passengers are transported from St. Elmo's Station at the base, to Point Park at the mountain summit, which overlooks the city and the Tennessee River. The railway is approximately one mile (1.6 km) in length (single track except for a short two-track stretch at the midway point, allowing operation of two cars at one time), and has a maximum grade of 72.7%. It is billed as the world's steepest passenger railway, a claim that can be disputed (e.g.[2]).
[edit] History
The Incline Railway opened on November 16, 1895, and was the second of two inclines constructed on Lookout Mountain; the first was the Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Railway, which operated from 1886 to 1898. The railway is now operated by the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, the area's public transit agency.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ http://www.seilbahninventar.ch/objekt.php?objid=40355&lang=de
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