inclined railway
Britishnoun
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Lowe, where the famous inclined railway is situated.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He sat opposite me on the inclined railway and I had a lot of fun keeping him guessing.
From An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 by Oswald Boelcke
An inclined railway, worked by means of cable to an elevation of fourteen hundred feet, leads to it.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt
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