where can i find an vertial incline?

Question

like the one johnstown when it flood. need to know where, why it was built, when and how it was used.

Answer 1

Pittsburgh, PA has two. The Monongahela and the Duquesne.

Go to http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Pittsburgh/Inclines/ for all the details.

Here's another link on the Duquesne incline. http://incline.pghfree.net/historycover.htm