The Abandoned Cincinnati Inclines (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
  • Most Cincinnatians know our hilly city once boasted five inclines to Price Hill, Fairview, Bellevue, Mt. Auburn, and Mt. Adams. Our upstream neighbor in Pittsburgh installed its first inclined railway in 1864. Although that first incline carried nothing but coal for several years, it was soon adapted to passenger service. Pittsburgh had three functional inclines before Cincinnati’s first went into operation, and it still has two functioning inclines. The Monongahela Incline is 150 years old this year. From May 12, 1872, when the Mt. Auburn Incline first went into service, until the last bus debarked from the Mt. Adams Incline on April 16, 1948, more than three-quarters of a century had passed. By the time the inclines ceased running, years of deferred maintenance had rendered them unsafe and in need of expensive renovation. Entranced by the automobile, Cincinnati demurred, to our historic loss.
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Комментарии • 21

  • @jwc4520
    @jwc4520 2 года назад +15

    Ah the price hill incline was an adventure as a boy, some 60 plus years ago. We would climb the walls and the hill . Sometimes it was fun to stop at the top and watch the DJs at WSAI.

  • @dennistyler9852
    @dennistyler9852 Год назад +5

    You did a nice job on your video. Historic footage was fun to watch . Thank you.

  • @heyokaempath5802
    @heyokaempath5802 Год назад +1

    I thought The Highland House was at the Mt Auburn incline! Wow, very interesting video!

  • @jackzimmer6553
    @jackzimmer6553 Год назад +2

    Great presentation! I was floored to find out that Cincy had 5 of these inclines…too bad just one of them couldn’t have been saved!

  • @riverview9320
    @riverview9320 6 месяцев назад +2

    That Bellevue House (4:39) was gorgeous.

  • @zachsnyder7021
    @zachsnyder7021 2 месяца назад +1

    The location you have pinned for the fairview incline (at the fairview steps) is incorrect. The base of the incline was actually just to the south of 2330 W McMicken in the overgrown area behind the gated fence. While it's difficult to get a good view of the side of it with all the overgrowth, that same house at 2330 W McMicken is in the old photos.
    Always great to see videos like this. Thanks for your time.

  • @VK-pc4vn
    @VK-pc4vn 2 года назад +7

    Can you do a video on the historic brewery district in OTR by Mohawk street ?

    • @MatthewSkiba
      @MatthewSkiba  2 года назад +4

      That location has been on my radar for quite some time now. But with the area being a little sketchy and construction going on it has made things difficult. So it is possible I could make a video of that.

    • @VK-pc4vn
      @VK-pc4vn 2 года назад +1

      The Airbnb is literally right smack next to the Jackson brewery

    • @heyokaempath5802
      @heyokaempath5802 Год назад

      ​@@VK-pc4vnYes, I can't believe that airbnbs are in such questionable places.

  • @josiecloughessy4569
    @josiecloughessy4569 Год назад

    great video. i love learning about the inclines and this video offered some unique perspective and images i havent seen in other videos. thank you

  • @johnjohnjohnjohn921
    @johnjohnjohnjohn921 2 месяца назад

    awesome channel brother

  • @JamieCobb-o8w
    @JamieCobb-o8w 3 месяца назад

    The incline brought up the materials that were used to build my house. I bought this house in Price Hill and it was built in 1880 .

  • @Dir24MM
    @Dir24MM Год назад +1

    They should bring these back

    • @AJKPenguin
      @AJKPenguin 4 месяца назад +2

      Would have been better than that streetcar they built.

    • @Obospeedo
      @Obospeedo 3 месяца назад

      @@AJKPenguinthe street car has over a million riders a year.

    • @stephanos6128
      @stephanos6128 2 месяца назад

      ​@@AJKPenguin the inclines should return *because* of the streetcar, not replace it. the inclines were made specifically to hall the original (and many) streetcars that were once apart of this city.

  • @anneradams28
    @anneradams28 Год назад

    Wish you would talk about how they started, when they were popular, and why they ended. You get close but jump around the timeline too much.

  • @scotthenthorn
    @scotthenthorn 3 месяца назад

    Gotta love being 40, right?😂

  • @stonemichaels1774
    @stonemichaels1774 9 месяцев назад +1

    I can't listen to this guy.