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The St. Clair Incline, also known as the ''South Twenty-second Street Incline'', was built in 1886–1888 and operated by St. Clair Incline Plane Company. It was a double track〔 incline on the South Side Slopes of Pittsburgh from Josephine St. to Salisbury St. The lower station was at the intersection of S. 22nd Street and Josephine. The upper station was on Salisbury Street near Bane School〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreportcar01pittgoog/annualreportcar01pittgoog_djvu.txt )〕 and near the Fort Laughlin site now occupied by Arlington Playground. The incline was long, with a vertical rise of .〔 It closed in 1935.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.southsidepgh.com/images/PDF/ss_inclines.pdf )〕 It was designed by engineer John N. McRoberts. As it carried both freight and passengers over steep tracks laid on the ground, it could be considered to be a cable railway. ==Fatal Accidents== At 3:30 in the morning of April 6, 1909, an accident occurred when engineer Jesse Burton fainted against the controls, releasing the brake. As the upbound car reached the top, it slammed into the upper support, bounced away and rolled freely back down the grade. The impact had knocked both cables from their drums, so the car at the lower station did not provide a counterbalance on the move. The night turn had ended shortly before at D.O. Cunningham Glass on Jane St. near the lower station, and the upbound car was taking some passengers home. After the impact at the top, three young men jumped during their descent. One, Frank Bredl, 17, jumped early and survived. The others, Albert Klingenberger, 16, and Arthur Miller, 17, died from their injuries. A postcard of the era showed the aftermath of the accident. On July 22, 1915, a car ran over a 19-month-old baby who attempted to follow his two older sisters across the tracks. Another fatality occurred on March 10, 1919, when a gate on one of the moving cars swung open. A 17-year-old girl who had been leaning on the gate fell to the tracks and was run over by the car wheels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Clair Incline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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