Hamilton Incline Railway
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| Hamilton Incline Railway (Wentworth Street Incline Railway/Mount Hamilton Railway) | |
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| Overview | |
| Locale | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Transit type | Funicular railway |
| Number of stations | 2 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 1892 |
| Ended operation | 1936 |
| Operator(s) | The Peninsula Hotels |
| Technical | |
| System length | 800 feet (240 m) |
| Track gauge | 12 ft 1+1⁄2 in (3,696 mm)[1] |
The Mount Hamilton Railway was built in 1895 in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] In 1906 a new owner renamed it Wentworth Street Incline Railway.[citation needed] The system has two tracks with two car operation with second generation cars used after 1910.[1]
A double wide road was paved in 1929 and the railway stopped running in 1936 when the company went bankrupt.[3] The historic structure was vandalized and finally demolished 1949.[1]
The site of the railway is covered by trees with a set of stairs connecting from Wentworth Street South and Charlton Street East up to Sherman Access and then again up to Upper Wentworth Street and Mountain Park Avenue. A plaque at Mountain Park Avenue is the only reminder of the incline railway.
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