Steep incline railway beside green steel truss bridge – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: Steep incline railway beside green steel truss bridge, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Steep incline railway beside green steel truss bridge
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Steep incline railway beside a green steel truss bridge: the title places the cars on a grade that climbs sharply, with the bridge carrying the track or running alongside it over open ground. Railroads on steep slopes like this one were built to lift passengers or freight where a standard line could not, using cables, counterweights, or geared locomotives to haul cars up the hillside. Steel truss bridges of this kind became common in the late 1800s and early 1900s as railroads replaced timber spans with iron and steel, and the painted green finish was a common choice of the period. Look at how the lattice of the truss and the angle of the track work together to show the engineering demands of the site.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,263 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2647808887_bcfd6e34d2_o johnstown incline |
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