7th Avenue West Incline Railway

The Seventh Avenue West Incline ran in Duluth, Minnesota, from 1891 until 1939, when the tracks were sold for scrap for the war effort.

Seventh Avenue West Incline
Overview
Locale	Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Service
Operator(s)	Duluth Street Railway Company
History
Opened	1891[1]
Closed	September 4, 1939
Technical
Line length	.5 miles (0.80 km)

Minnesota Point from Incline Railway, Ca 1900

Statistics

• Length: .5 miles (0.80 km)
• Elevation: 500 feet (150 m)
• Time: 15 minutes (bottom to top)
• Fare: $0.15
  ($4.00 in 2019 dollars[2])

See also

• Duluth Belt Line Railway
• List of funicular railways

References

1. "Duluth Beltline Railway". Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
2. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.

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