Duquesne Incline

Duquesne Incline

Overview
Headquarters	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Locale	1220 Grandview Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	May 17, 1877 (1877-05-17)[1]–present
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)
Length	800 feet (244 m)
Other
Website	duquesneincline.org
Duquesne Incline
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
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Coordinates	40°26′21″N 80°1′5″W / 40.43917°N 80.01806°W / 40.43917; -80.01806
Built	1877
Architect	Samuel Diescher
Architectural style	Second Empire, T pattern
NRHP reference No.	75001609[2]
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1975

The Duquesne Incline (/djuːˈkeɪn/ dew-KAYN) is a funicular located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood, scaling Mt. Washington in the United States. Designed by Hungarian-American engineer Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877.

The lower station is in the Second Empire style. Together with the incline, which rises 400 feet (122 m) in height, at a 30-degree angle, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The incline is unusual for using a 5 ft (1,524 mm) track gauge, mainly used in Finland, Russia, and Mongolia.

Together with the Monongahela Incline, it is one of two passenger inclines still in operation on Pittsburgh's South Side. By 1977, the two had become tourist attractions and together served more than one million commuters and tourists annually.^[3] That year both inclines were designated as Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).