Showing posts with label Granite Railway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Granite Railway. Show all posts

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Granite Railway

The incline section of the Granite Railway. You can't tell from the picture, but it is in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

It is interesting that the site hasn't really changed in years. Here is a picture from the Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur C. Haskell, Photographer. April, 1934 (public domain picture):

(If you want more information on the history of this site, there is a lot on the wikipedia page -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Railway)