View from Johnstown Inclined Plane

1940

Order Reproduction
Title
View from Johnstown Inclined Plane
Creator
Heffley, Russell H.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1940
Identifier
200905.018.HF
Description
View of Johnstown as seen from the Johnstown Inclined Plane. The incline was built after the 1889 flood to connect Johnstown to the borough of Westmont. It was designed by Samuel Diescher, who also designed Pittsburgh's Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, and is the steepest vehicular incline in the world.
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Commercial buildings
Industrial buildings
Dwellings
Streets
Railroad tracks
Bridges
Rivers
Geographic Subjects
Stonycreek River (Pa.)
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
Source
Russell H. Heffley Photograph Collection, 1924- ca. 1950s
Collection
Russell H. Heffley Photographs
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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