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| - Wow. This 'tourist attraction' hits it all. Cheap ($5 round trip I believe, cash), great views, historical, fun, just awesome! I'm a photographer so I wanted to get up Mt. Washington because this is THE place for skyline views. I ended up going at the perfect time, just when the sun was going down. It was such a wonderful experience. If I lived there, I'd go up there to eat often or just simply sit and write or shoot (my camera).
The Duquesne Incline (dew-kayn) is an inclined plane railroad that scales Mt. Washington at a 30 degree angle. Designed by Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877. Originally steam powered, the Duquesne Incline was built to carry cargo up and down Mt. Washington in the late 19th century. It later carried passengers, particularly Mt. Washington residents who were tired of walking up footpaths to the top. Inclines were then being built all over Mt. Washington. But as more roads were built on "Coal Hill" most of the other inclines were closed. By the end of the 1960s, only the Monongahela Incline and the Duquesne Incline remained.
When we got to the top, there were pictures all over the wall and postcards/souvenirs for sale. And when you step out and walk along the street, there are several restaurants (had a very nice dinner (Pittsburgh style chicken salad) and drinks at the Grandview Saloon overlooking the beautiful view) and another great lookout area at Point of View Park just a half mile down. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. You must order a drink or something to use the ones in the restaurants (or sneak in like we did).
Turns out I was in Pittsburgh at a very special time. A friendly, floating, four-story-high Rubber Duck had arrived. The duck has been on display in Amsterdam, Lommel (Belgium), Osaka, Sydney Harbour, Sao Paulo and Hong Kong and arrived in the US for the first time in Pittsburgh on Sept. 27 at the Allegheny River. It was an art installment with this point: The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate and doesn't have a political connotation. Visitors from across the country and Canada to see the duck, shining like a beacon on Pittsburgh's water. And it generated tens of millions of dollars for the economy.
***Please note that when I visited, my original plan was to start at the Mono incline but it wasn't operating. This was a big deal for many because this is more than just a tourist attraction. It's locals ride to and from work/home. So if this is something you really, really want to see (and you should), leave a little wiggle room in case you show up and it is closed. Fortunately, I went on down to the Duquesne which was operation.
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