The day after visiting Kentuck Knob and Fallingwater, we decided to take a ride on the Duquesne Incline and walk around downtown Pittsburgh. We started with the incline, which was easy to find and the free of charge parking lot next to it was almost empty. We had to climb several flights of stairs from the parking lot to the incline entrance, which starts right after the red bridge with the sign “Duquesne Incline” in the picture below.
The Duquesne Incline was the first Pittsburgh incline designed and built by the engineer Samuel Diescher, who had become the country’s foremost builder of inclines. Opened to the public on May 20, 1877, The Duquesne Incline delights residents and visitors with its original, elegant, wooden cable cars.