Monongahela Incline

Monongahela Incline
Lower station of the Monongahela Incline
Overview
Owner	Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Locale	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Termini	West Carson Street Grandview Avenue
Stations	2
Service
Type	Funicular
History
Opened	May 28, 1870 (1870-05-28)
Technical
Line length	635 feet (194 m)
Track gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)
Electrification	1935
Operating speed	6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Monongahela Incline
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
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Location	Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°25′55″N 80°0′20″W / 40.43194°N 80.00556°W / 40.43194; -80.00556
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1869
Architect	John Endres and Caroline Endres
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	74001742[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1974
Designated CPHS	March 15, 1974[2]
Designated PHLF	1970[3]

The Monongahela Incline is a funicular on the South Side in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Smithfield Street Bridge. Designed and built by Prussian-born engineer John Endres in 1870, it is the oldest continuously operating funicular in the U.S.

It is one of two surviving inclines in Pittsburgh (the other is the nearby Duquesne Incline) from the original 17 passenger-carrying inclines built there starting in the late 19th century. Its lower station is across the street from what is now the Station Square shopping complex. It is easily accessible from the light rail system at the Station Square station.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In 1977 both inclines were designated as Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).^[4]