Station Square & Incline Railway, Pittsburgh Photos

On the south bank of the Monongahela River an escarpment overlooks downtown Pittsburgh just across the Smithfield Street Bridge. The spot thus became the site of two transportation facilities: the Monongahela Incline Railroad & the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station. The P&LERR Station has now been redeveloped & has the area become an urban leisure spot.

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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station repurposed as Station Square shopping area. Architect: William George Burns. On National Register.

Bessemer Court of Station Square celebrates the history of steel making in Pittsburgh with artifacts display.

Clinton blast furnace used to make pig iron in early days of Pittsburg steel industry, now a museum piece at Station Square.

Restaurant interior of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station.

Interior columns & lamps of P&LERR now repurposed as Station Square.

Interior skylight ceiling of P&LERR Station.

Monongahela Incline Railroad station cupola, P&LE Freight House & Station Square against skyline of Pittsburgh.

Monongahela Incline Railroad (1870).
On National Register.

Meeting ascending counterbalanced cable car on Monongahela Incline Railroad.

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