Mount Lowe Railway

Patris, Michael A, Mount Lowe Preservation Society

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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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Patris, Michael A, Mount Lowe Preservation Society
Titel
Mount Lowe Railway
Uitgever
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Jaar
2007
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
130
EAN
9781531629090
Bindwijze
Hardback

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