Mt. Adams Incline in 4K
This is a 35mm film reel of the Mt. Adams Incline in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1931. It shows Cincinnati Street Railway car 1541 and motor bus 412 traveling up and down the incline. This is unusual because buses weren't normally run up the incline until the 1940s just before the incline was abandoned. Streetcar 1541 is a double-ender as well, the only one in the entire system. This was due to construction of the new Ida Street Bridge just past the top of the incline, which took place between February and September 1931. Streetcar route 49 normally ran from Fountain Square to the Zoo via Eden Park, but the double-end car was used only to the top of the incline. The bus was used through Eden Park to maintain service until the Ida Street Bridge was finished. Since the trees look pretty bare, this is probably in March or April.
The date stamp on the film stock is 1926 but this was shot later as noted. Carew Tower, which was built in 1930, is visible in the distance. Bill Myers received the film reel from someone unknown, and there was no accompanying information. What this film was for is a mystery. Being shot on 35mm film suggests that it was intended for a fairly high-budget, if not Hollywood production. Note the "director" motioning to the company employee in the head house to get into position to open the gate and allow passengers to disembark. The reel was generously digitized at 4K resolution by Bob Gerding at The PPS Group in Covington, Kentucky.
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The stone footing for these inclines still exist in some places on the hillsides. We lived on Mt. Adams for 6 years and walked all over these areas.
Incredible time capsule on film.....my mother had just been born in November of 1930......where does all the time go....can't imagine what the city will look like in another 100 years...!!!
Awesome that we have atleast 3 different flims of this incline.
I was 3 months old in May, 1948 when it was announced the Mt. Adams Incline would close. My father scooped me up from Gilbert Avenue apartment and took me on the street car through Eden Park to the incline, took me on a trip down to Eggleston and we rode back home on that street car. I was told about it all my life, so I could repeat it for history.
I wish 1 of these were still around! this is so cool!
OMG!!!! This is my first time seeing this! I'm going to subscribe, PLEEEEEEEEEEASE say you have more film of this quality from around town!
Love the footage fills in some memory gaps with the views of downtown to the west. Barr street is within the view!
Marvelous !
Thank you for sharing. I always wanted to see the incline in action.
We have a Mt. Adams in Washington. I was confused for just a moment.
I got to to a side by side comparison standing at the top. Super neat! I wonder if any with sound exist
Wow we need more of this, thanks for sharing.
This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing this.
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
Was there a streetcar that had seats one long bench facing looking out the sides? Seems like I rode going up an encline? Maybe I'm remembering a ride from childhood from Cincinnati's Coney Island. ??
I wonder what was the rail gauge on the incline? It's definitely wider than the standard gauge 4'8" of the streetcar track, but not by much. Also curious if all the inclines had the same gauge, or if they were more or less custom built in place.
@jjakucyk
2 жыл бұрын
Mt. Adams and Price Hill had a gauge of 5'-6" when they were first built. This looks like more than that though, so they may very well have been widened when the platforms were rebuilt to carry streetcars. The Mt. Auburn (Main Street) Incline was originally 4'-10" and it was rebuilt to 6'-3". Not sure about Bellevue or Fairview.
@jjakucyk
2 жыл бұрын
Some additional information from Bill Myers. The track gauge was 7'-1" at least in the later years. Also keep in mind that Cincinnati's streetcar track gauge was 5'-2 1/2" and thus 6" wider than standard gauge.
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How did the cars get off the sled at the bottom of the hill?
@jjakucyk
2 жыл бұрын
The ground was dug out at the bottom, so the sloped rails kept going about another 20 feet or so below grade level such that the platform would sit flush with the roadway. They needed another gate at the bottom to keep any wayward pedestrians from falling into the "hole".
The incline in fork?