Schmidt - Cincinnati Street Railway

From the Schmidt Photo Collection

The Cincinnati streetcar system was unusual in that most of it had a dual overhead, so the cars all had double trolley poles, like a trolley bus.  (There were also some single wire sections, so of course one pole would be hooked down.)  And we have here several pictures of the Mt. Adams incline, which lifted the cars up a steep grade on a platform, which you can see here.

Mt. Adams incline     May 1947

Mt. Adams incline     May 1947

Mt. Adams incline     May 1947

Mt. Adams incline
Power house & cable station at top.  May 1947
Car may be switched to with cable carrier

Mt. Adams & park car at loop. (Zoo)    May 1947

Car & temp X-over     May 1947

Sept '48

Lochland car (single wire stretch) at Carthage       Apr '51

Lochland car at Carthage       Apr '51