The Abandoned Cincinnati Inclines (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Most Cincinnatians know our hilly city once boasted five inclines to Price Hill, Fairview, Bellevue, Mt. Auburn, and Mt. Adams. Our upstream neighbor in Pittsburgh installed its first inclined railway in 1864. Although that first incline carried nothing but coal for several years, it was soon adapted to passenger service. Pittsburgh had three functional inclines before Cincinnati’s first went into operation, and it still has two functioning inclines. The Monongahela Incline is 150 years old this year. From May 12, 1872, when the Mt. Auburn Incline first went into service, until the last bus debarked from the Mt. Adams Incline on April 16, 1948, more than three-quarters of a century had passed. By the time the inclines ceased running, years of deferred maintenance had rendered them unsafe and in need of expensive renovation. Entranced by the automobile, Cincinnati demurred, to our historic loss.

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