The Knoxville Incline was built in 1890 and was located in
Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood. The incline was designed with
an 18-degree curve and had the longest track ever built in
Pittsburgh at 2,644 feet. It was the second incline in Pittsburgh
with a curved track. The Knoxville Incline's route went from South
11th Street to Warrington Avenue and then to Knoxville Avenue. The
incline's huge cars, designed by John M. McRoberts, were large
enough to carry cars or heavy freight. The Knoxville Incline was
dismantled in 1961.
This incline boasted a total length of 1/2 mile, 370 vertical
feet, and 14% grade. The incline was a double-track railway of 9
foot gauge, 60 pound rails laid on wooden ties resting on ballad or
steel girders. Each car Weighed about 10 tons and was specially
designed to carry street cars of that period and other vehicles. A
special enclosed and heated compartment was provided for single
passengers.
Cache is a small metal candy box, 4"x3"x1" size.
Reccomended approach is to park nearby the intersection of S
10th St and Freyburg St (N 40° 25.592 W 079° 59.310), and walk up
the pedestrian overpass to get over the railroad tracks, and then
follow Fritz St (east direction), continue on it after from the
point where it becomes a non-paved trail to the point where an old
steel bridge is located.
Archival historical images are from
http://images.library.pitt.edu