Cincinatti, 1874-1943
Price Hill Inclined Plane
1874-1943
length 800 feet, 350 feet high
Went to Price Hill House (No. 525 Price Ave.)
This one was unique among Cincinnati's inclines because it was really two inclines. In fact, some people count this as two making a total of six. Also, it remained private and never hauled streetcars. William Price, after whose, father, General Rees E. Price name was given to the hill top location, built it.
It was actually two planes built side by side starting at West Eight Street and Glenway Avenue and going up to West Eighth Street and Matson Avenue. The first side was built in 1874 and had two cars for passengers. The freight was finished in 1876 and could carry three or four heavily loaded wagons and their teams on open platforms. In its heyday the resort at the top caused horses and wagons to stand to line for blocks waiting their turn to get up the hill.
In 1928 the steam engines were replaced by electric motors -- the only incline to do so. In 1927 the then owner proposed that the Cincinnati Street Railway buy the incline and run the freight side only for buses. Nothing came of it, so in December 1929 the freight plane was finally shut down due to the falling-off of the number of teams being hauled. The motor truck and the improvement of the streets brought this about. However, before it shut down it carried buses.
By 1943 the passenger side was in need of so many repairs that the Incline Company decided to shut down, and so ended the second to last of the inclines. Now only Mt. Adams remained to operate five more years, and then they would all pass into history.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhamilt/picsinclines.html
1874-1943
length 800 feet, 350 feet high
Went to Price Hill House (No. 525 Price Ave.)
This one was unique among Cincinnati's inclines because it was really two inclines. In fact, some people count this as two making a total of six. Also, it remained private and never hauled streetcars. William Price, after whose, father, General Rees E. Price name was given to the hill top location, built it.
It was actually two planes built side by side starting at West Eight Street and Glenway Avenue and going up to West Eighth Street and Matson Avenue. The first side was built in 1874 and had two cars for passengers. The freight was finished in 1876 and could carry three or four heavily loaded wagons and their teams on open platforms. In its heyday the resort at the top caused horses and wagons to stand to line for blocks waiting their turn to get up the hill.
In 1928 the steam engines were replaced by electric motors -- the only incline to do so. In 1927 the then owner proposed that the Cincinnati Street Railway buy the incline and run the freight side only for buses. Nothing came of it, so in December 1929 the freight plane was finally shut down due to the falling-off of the number of teams being hauled. The motor truck and the improvement of the streets brought this about. However, before it shut down it carried buses.
By 1943 the passenger side was in need of so many repairs that the Incline Company decided to shut down, and so ended the second to last of the inclines. Now only Mt. Adams remained to operate five more years, and then they would all pass into history.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhamilt/picsinclines.html
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