inclined railway
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Through his efforts were built the observatory and steep inclined railway at Mount Lowe, near Pasadena, Calif., favorite picture-post-card subject of sightseers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Price then picked out a suitable site on Switzerland's Jungfrau, arranged with the inclined railway to carry up his equipment, furnish electric power.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lowe, where the famous inclined railway is situated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Holyoke was made by the car on the inclined railway.
From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Bolton, Charles E. (Charles Edward)
This much of the apparatus was really not unlike that of an ordinary inclined railway.
From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.
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