Mount Adams Inclined Plane Railway The Mount Adams inclined plane railway carried passengers of the Cincinnati Street Railway 945 feet up to the top of Mount Adams, which is located east of the city, overlooking downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River. The track was built in 1877 and reconstructed in 1892. This photograph was published in Book of Views of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1904 by the S. H. Knox & Company. Published not quite 125 years after the first settlers, it promotes the Queen City as a prosperous, burgeoning manufacturing center, and a desirable place to live. The booklet is 48 pages and measures 8” x 10” (20.32 x 25.4 cm).

Mount Adams Inclined Plane Railway

The Mount Adams inclined plane railway carried passengers of the Cincinnati Street Railway 945 feet up to the top of Mount Adams, which is located east of the city, overlooking downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River. The track was built in 1877 and reconstructed in 1892.

This photograph was published in Book of Views of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1904 by the S. H. Knox & Company. Published not quite 125 years after the first settlers, it promotes the Queen City as a prosperous, burgeoning manufacturing center, and a desirable place to live. The booklet is 48 pages and measures 8” x 10” (20.32 x 25.4 cm).

  1. Date Posted Icon 18th July 2010
    2. Tags Icon #mt. adams#incline#1904