Children 0 1 2 3 4 5 specify ages below. Note: You have javascript disabled. This form will not work without it. Menu Current Page:. Ride the historic Duquesne Incline with your family! There are no public restrooms available at the Duquesne Incline. About the Duquesne Incline Opened in , the Duquesne Incline is a funicular railway designed to transport people and cargo up and down the steep slopes.
Blog Categories. Blog Tags. Duquesne Incline. Insider's Guide: Carnegie Museums Insider's Guide: National Aviary. Insider's Guide: Senator John Heinz Insider's Guide: Sandcastle Painstaking attention to detail and historical accuracy were employed when restoring the incline. Many of the tourists take my picture. Pictures of me are in places like China, Japan, and Australia.
We have tours, a museum, free parking, and an observation deck. The incline is open days a year, Monday through Friday, a. The incline can be a busy place-in the summer it can receive 4, visitors a day.
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We could probably use the cables for 20 years, but we like to be safe. Also, a sprinkler system has been installed, and as far as the records go, there has never been a fire at The Duquesne Incline. Q: Has anyone ever given birth or died on the incline? And there are no records of a death on the incline. Please confirm these directly with any business or attraction prior to visiting. At one point in time Pittsburgh was home to nearly twenty active funiculars, or inclines as they are called here, which were used to transport people and cargo up and down the many different hills located around the city.
Sadly, most of the Pittsburgh incline funiculars have closed over time, the city is now home to only two: the Monongahela Incline, located at Station Square, and the Duquesne Incline, located a mile down Carson Street. Although we thoroughly enjoy riding both of these funiculars, for those who are interested in enjoying the best view the city has to offer, taking a ride on the Duquesne Incline is a must do experience.
As one of only two remaining inclines in the city of Pittsburgh, the Duquesne Incline is near and dear to everyone's hearts much like its sister, the Monongahela Incline, located further down Grandview near Station Square. Opened in , the Duquesne Incline has had a long history that included being used as cargo transport, used as worker transport before roads were built, and surviving a brief closure in the s that resulted in the community raising funds to ensure the historic funicular would be operated for many years to come.
Today the Duquesne Incline is primarily used for tourism as its location is quite a bit removed from the main downtown traffic path that its sister incline, located approximately one mile to the east, is used for. The highlight of the visit to this incline is enjoying the gorgeous view of the city which includes downtown's skyline, the three rivers the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny , as well the city's famous stadiums.
A visit to the incline for first-timers especially those who are visiting Pittsburgh is best done by parking at the incline's paid lot at the base of Mount Washington to allow the city's view to open up for you as you ride up.
The top station features many historical records from the incline's history, significant details about how the incline operates, as well as a gorgeous observation deck connected to the station.
For those who love the incline and are interested in checking out how the technology works in even greater detail than what is available in the public areas, the Duquesne Incline offers a self-guided walking tour of the machinery room for 50 cents. A visit down into this section will likely only take you a few minutes, and other than seeing the large cables and reading a few detailed descriptions of how the machinery works several of which are available in the lobby , it may not be of interest to most- especially because a few of the largest gears are visible from the public spaces to begin with.
If there is one thing about the Duquesne Incline and the viewpoint on Mount Washington I find most interesting, it would be that there is an even better vantage point located just a few minutes away from the station's platform- and very few people seem to know about it. When you exit the station, turn right, and head up a small hill roughly feet. You'll come to a statue of George Washington and Seneca leader Guyasuta during one of their meetings which occurred in the region although was not likely at this gorgeous spot.
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