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Mount Lowe Railway

Mount Lowe Railway

Paperback

Series: Images of Rail

TrainsGeneral PhotographyRegional: West

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738547530
ISBN13: 9780738547534
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Jun 1 2007
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.62 Depth: 9.19
Language: English
Opened with great fanfare on July 4, 1893, the Mount Lowe Incline Railway was hailed as Earth's Grandest Mountain Ride. Built by Civil War balloonist Thaddeus S. C. Lowe and railroad engineer David J. Macpherson in the mountains above Altadena and Pasadena in Los Angeles County, this funicular was operated for 43 years and served nearly four million passengers from around the world. Where else could one find four hotels, an observatory, the world's largest searchlight, a dance hall, miniature golf, a zoo, horseback riding, tennis, and snowcapped peaks, all within a day's journey from the Pacific Ocean and downtown Los Angeles? The San Gabriel Mountains continue to be a great natural resource and recreational escape for many Angelenos, but the spectacular railway lives on only in these vintage photographs.

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