Fairview Incline Pier in Fairview Park, below the overlook at Scenic Drive. Most of the inclines had stone support piers such as this. In many cases they supported steel columns that went up the rest of the way to the inclined plane. Photo by Patrick McDermott
Fairview Incline Pier in Fairview Park, below the overlook at Scenic Drive. Photo by Patrick McDermott
Fairview Incline Pier in Fairview Park, below the overlook at Scenic Drive. Photo by Patrick McDermott
Fairview Incline Pier in Fairview Park, below the overlook at Scenic Drive. Photo by Patrick McDermott
Bellevue Incline Pier along Clifton Avenue below Bellevue Hill Park. This particular pier appears in several postcards, since the incline went overhead while another streetcar line traveled underneath it on Clifton Avenue. This is the best preserved and most visible incline pier left in the city. Also note the trolley pole on the right side of the picture.
Price Hill Incline freight pier along Maryland Avenue half way up Price Hill, looking west. The Price Hill Incline had two separate inclined planes. The one to the south was for passengers and the one to the north was for freight. Neither was adapted to carry streetcars.
Price Hill Incline piers along Maryland Avenue half way up to Price Hill, looking southwest. The passenger incline pier is in the distance and the freight incline pier is on the right.
Price Hill Incline pier along Maryland Avenue half way up to Price Hill, looking southeast down the hill.
Price Hill Incline pier along Maryland Avenue half way up to Price Hill, looking northeast down the hill. Steel tie rods are still present on these piers.
Price Hill Incline pier along Maryland Avenue half way up to Price Hill, looking west up the hill. Steel tie rods are still present.
Price Hill Incline passenger pier along Maryland Avenue half way up to Price Hill, looking west. Other piers are visible up the hill in the distance.
Location of the Mt. Auburn Incline at the end of Main Street and Mulberry Streets, looking north. Virtually nothing remains of the Mt. Auburn Incline, since it was the first to be closed, due to an accident. This was also the only incline in the city with two different grades, being much steeper at the bottom.
Mt. Adams incline piers, looking north from Oregon Street. Considering how upscale Mt. Adams has become, it's surprising how trashy this hillside looks with the ruined incline piers and ruined stairs. However, the highway construction at the bottom of the hill that caused so much shifting in the terrain may be to blame.
Mt. Adams incline piers, looking southwest from Oregon Street. It seems that the city still owns the right-of-way for the incline, since nothing has been built on it. The 5th Street Viaduct is visible down the hill.
Mt. Adams incline piers, looking northeast from Oregon Street. While the piers are all in ruins, there's still an awful lot left to see.
Close up of one of the Mt. Adams incline piers, looking north from Baum Street. The farther down the hill one goes, the worse the piers look, due to more movement of the hillside as you get closer to the highway construction that necessitated demolishing several homes on Baum and Kilgour Streets.
