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1. Angels Flight 2. Court Flight 3. Mount Lowe incline https://i.imgur.com/OLSkQh5.jpglink 4. Mt Washington incline https://i.imgur.com/0IKnCJ4.jpglink 5. The Island Mountain Railway on Catalina Island https://i.imgur.com/1IAYcsi.jpglink 6. The Playa Del Rey incline https://i.imgur.com/Sh0xNaR.jpglink 7. Palisades Incline https://i.imgur.com/D1i7SFy.jpglink Are these the only ones we know about? Here is a link to a good article about Court Flight, Mt. Washington incline, and the Catalina incline: https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/t...fornia-history |
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It appears to be a photo of the Price Hill Incline in Cincinnati. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...PriceHill1.jpg www.cincywhimsy.com |
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Wasn't there an incline running from the parking lot up to the Victoria Station restaurant at Universal City in the 1970s?
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I can't find any photos of it, but I found a couple references to it. The Studio Tour website says: Victoria Station had a trolley car from the parking lot up to the restaurant which was taken out when the tour expanded in the late 1980's. Victoria Station was open for twenty years, 1977 - 1997. This artists rendition gives the flavor of the establishment which will feature a five story dome, four railroad cars from the "Flying Scotsman" and a two-car inclined railway to carry diners to and from the parking lot. Artists rendition, 1975-76 http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/att...astation/1.jpgThe Studio Tour This is from the Universal Studios Tour Brochure, 1986. http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/att...astation/2.jpgThe Studio Tour I ate there a couple times in the late 70's, once on Easter Sunday. I do not remember how we got there, but I don't recall riding the incline. The Cable Car Guy website has notations on this incline, too, but no photos. "Originally there was an incline to bring diners up a steep hill from a large surface parking lot directly into the restaurant. As I recall it was a 'Westinghouse horizontal elevator' and had a single car with a counterweight that rode rollers in the trackway passing beneath the car at midpoint. The car was user-operated by elevator-style pushbuttons and an automatic car door. I believe the incline ran for about 15 years before being replaced by an enormous parking garage whose top deck was level with the restaurant. Patrons simply rode conventional elevators to the roof level then walked a short distance to the restaurant." I haven't checked anything else out on that site, but this page link has information and occasional photos on area inclines (Griffith Park?), including a couple that have been recently mentioned here. http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/cclafun.html |
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The Los Angeles Zoo was the fourth zoo to serve the city. 1885: The City-owned Eastlake Zoo opens in East Los Angeles Park. 1912: The Griffith Park Zoo opens (a few miles from the current Los Angeles Zoo site) with 15 animals. 1915: “Colonel” William Selig opens his combination movie studio and zoo, the Selig Zoo, in Lincoln Park. By 1956, the citizens of Los Angeles realized their city had outgrown the small Griffith Park Zoo and passed a $6.6 million bond measure to help build a new one. |
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I nearly forgot that the Chemosphere has its own funicular.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Funicular1.jpg www.funimag.com |
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Thanks for confirming the Victoria Station incline at Universal City Martin Pal. This Bill guy remembers it. [chuckles] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/4rHaB8.jpg oldrestaurants.com LOL at the tourists eating all the cheese like locusts. |
When I happened upon this interior slide of Clifton's Pacific Seas this afternoon, I immediately flashbacked to the old Los Angeles Zoo.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/8JIfSy.jpg EBAY OLD LOS ANGELES ZOO https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/7gcVRp.jpg weirdca I wonder if, by chance, the same faux-clift designer was involved in both projects? are my commas in the right place? __ |
re: Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria.
just for fun... This is pretty much the same view of the interior (showing the main waterfall) except there are people dining in this shot. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/VcLtT9.jpg flickr It looks like Clifton's hijacked that plant on the left from Munchkinland. __ |
I hope I'm not giving you all 'subject' whiplash.....
but I just found this nifty illus. of the funicular at Victoria Station/Universal City. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/qbjH42.jpg I'll post this part a bit LARGER so you can read it. :) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/CNCLod.jpg To see the other pages of the menu go HERE __ |
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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1857/...93c89c83_b.jpg_SAM0114.jpg by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr |
:previous: I meant to THANK YOU earlier for posting your fine photographs of the old L.A. Zoo.
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'mystery' motel
"1944 PICTURESQUE MOTEL in LOS ANGELES - Long Beach Blvd S. Gate - ORIGINAL SLIDE" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/OJFFeb.jpg EBAY At the bottom of the ebay ad the seller adds this additional clue..'Rest E Z Motel'. Does that eound familiar to anyone? __ |
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