Nunnery Hill Incline

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The Nunnery Hill Incline was a funicular designed by Samuel Diescher in 1877. It was operational until 1899, and connected Federal Street to the Fineview neighborhood in Pittsburgh. It was one of a few inclines with a curve in the track. [1] http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/maps/showmap.pl?client=maps&image=01v01p15&levels=5&originx=1381&originy=902&lastlevel=2&fullheight=6560&fullwidth=8240&level=3&size=0&tnail.x=11&tnail.y=10

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