The O'Neil and Company Incline was a nineteenth-century
incline
Incline, inclined, inclining, or inclination may refer to:
*Grade (slope), the tilt, steepness, or angle from horizontal of a topographic feature (hillside, meadow, etc.) or constructed element (road, railway, field, etc.)
*Slope, the tilt, steepn ...
, used to transport
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
from a mine mouth just west of
West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
West Elizabeth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 403 at the 2020 census.
Geography
West Elizabeth is located at (40.272901, -79.894918).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borou ...
to a tipple on pool 1 of the
Monongahela River
The Monongahela River ( , )—often referred to locally as the Mon ()—is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 river on the Allegheny Plateau in North Cen ...
. It crossed the entire width of the Borrough of West Elizabeth, passing over the
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway.
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See also
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List of funicular railways
This is a list of funicular railways, organised by place within country and continent. The funiculars range from short urban lines to significant multi-section mountain railways.
A funicular railway is distinguished from the similar incline eleva ...
References
History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Defunct funicular railways in the United States
Railway inclines in Pittsburgh
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