E kiʻi i nāʻike mai ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻailona ma ka US
ʻO Pittsburghʻelua mau kiʻi kuʻuna:ʻo Duquesne a me Monongahela. I weheʻia i ka makahiki 1870,ʻo ka Monongahela Incline-i kapaʻiaʻo "Mon Incline" e nā poʻe o ka'āina-ʻo ia ka mea mua loa aʻoi loa aku i ka United States. ʻO kaʻoihana kahiko loa ia o ke aupuni no ka holoʻana o ke alanui kaʻa kaʻa. Hāʻawiʻo ia i kaʻike nani o ke kūlanakauhale, a hāʻawi pū i kahi ala kūpono e hiki ai i ke kauhale mai Mt. ʻO Washington.
Ua nānāʻia ka Monongahela Incline i ka hanaʻoihana o ke kuhiʻelua o ke kūlanakauhale, e halihali ana i nā poʻeʻoihana he 1,500 a pau i kēlā me kēia lā, akā e pono ke nānā aku iāʻoe i Pittsburgh.
Ka Moolelo o ke Kuhikuhina
ʻO ka Monongahela Incline ka mea i mālamaʻia a lawelaweʻia e Port Authority o Allegheny County a he wahi nuiʻo ia o ka pūnaewele holo kaʻa o Pittsburgh. I ka makahiki 1974, ua kauʻia ma luna o ka National Register of Places Historic Places. Ua hoʻolahaʻia hoʻi he hale kaulana e ka Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻoponopono houʻiaʻo Mon Incline i nā manawa he nui,ʻo ia hoʻi e hiki ai ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa.
Ma ka makahiki 1860, ua hoʻomaka koke akuʻo Pittsburgh i loko o ke kūlanakauhaleʻoihana kūmua. Hele nā mea hana i kahi hale hou ma Mt. Washington, akāʻo ka paepae wāwae i lalo i kahiʻoihana he pali a hopohopo. I ka noiʻana o nā poʻe malihini haole haole i noho ma Mt.
ʻO Washington, i kapaʻiaʻo Coal Hill,ʻo ke kūlanakauhale i hoʻolimalima kālāʻia e kūkulu i ke kuahiwi i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma hope o nā kaʻa kaʻa uila i hoʻohanaʻia ma Germany. ʻO JJ Endres ka mea hoʻokele pūnaewele ma luna o ka papahana Mon Incline, a ua kōkuaʻiaʻo ia e kāna kaikamahineʻo Caroline. He meaʻokoʻaʻole ia i ka manawa no ka wahine e lilo i meaʻenekini i hele maoli mai nā kānaka i ka gawk.
ʻO Monuahela Incline i kēia lā
ʻO kaʻaoʻao lalo o Monongahela Incline kahi e kū kokoke ana i ka Pōhaku Alanui o Smithfield, e hiki ke maʻalahi loa mai ka Station Square a me ka pūnaewele kaʻaina māmā o Pittsburgh. Aia nā kuhi ma 73 West Carson Street a me 5 Grandview Avenue.
Hoʻolālā ka Mon incline i nā lāʻehiku o ka hebedoma, 365 mau lā ma ka makahiki. Loaʻa nāʻike e pili ana i nā uku a me nā hoʻonohonohoʻana mai ka Pit Authority o Porttsburgh. He 635 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi o ke kikoʻana, me ke kiʻekiʻe o 35 mau kiʻi, 35 mau minuke, a he kiʻekiʻe o 369.39 kapuaʻi. Heleʻo ia i ka holomāmā he 6 mau mile no ka hora a hiki ke hali i 23 mau ohua ma ke kaʻa.