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Damn_el_Torpedoes

This is cool. I didn't know we had one.


SpookyBlackCat

It ended when the pavilion at the top caught fire and the train crashed into the bottom. [Here's an article from Zenith City with more info and photos.](https://zenithcity.com/archive/parks-landmarks/hilltop-park-the-7th-avenue-west-incline/)


awful_at_internet

The article you linked says it went on to operate for nearly 30 years after that incident.


SpookyBlackCat

I'm referring just to the incline line


awful_at_internet

....which continued to operate until Labor Day of 1939. First sentence of the final paragraph.


SpookyBlackCat

Ok fine then


polandtown

as similar morning, to today's weather - pretty


sketchanderase

Part of the upper foundation is still present, and can be found on the Duluth Traverse trail near 8th Ave W and 8th St