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On the Road to Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe Division, Pacific Electric Ry., Los Angeles, Cal.
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On the Road to Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe Division, Pacific Electric Ry., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Description
Identifier
post_00183
Title
On the
Road
to
Alpine
Tavern
,
Mt
.
Lowe
Division
,
Pacific
Electric
Ry.
,
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Creator
unknown
Date Published
1901-1907
Subject (Topic)
Railroads--California--Los
Angeles
County
;
Scenic
railways--California--Lowe
,
Mount
(Los
Angeles
County)
;
Mountains--California--Los
Angeles
County
;
Subject (Name)
Pacific
Electric
Railway
Company
;
Mount
Lowe
Railway
;
Subject (Place)
Lowe
,
Mount
(Los
Angeles
County
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
14
x
9
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
M
.
Rieder
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
of the
tracks
of the
Mt
.
Lowe
Railway
as
seen
from a
viewpoint
above
the
horseshoe
curve
.
Historical Background
The
development
of
Mt
.
Lowe
in the
San
Gabriel
Mountains
near
Los
Angeles
,
California
, was
mostly
undertaken
by
Thaddeus
Lowe
who
retired
to
Los
Angeles
in the
late
1880s
. In
1893
, he
organized
the
construction
of the
Mount
Lowe
Railway
,
along
with
engineer
David
J
.
Macpherson
. The
railway
was
developed
in
three
parts
: the
Mountain
Division
,
which
wound
around
Mt
.
Lowe
and
Echo
Mountain
, the
Great
Incline
,
which
was a
funicular
railway
which
traveled
up
a
steep
grade
of
48-62%
, and the
Alpine
Division
,
which
navigated
steep
mountainsides
and
crossed
deep
canyons
,
offering
dramatic
views
of the
landscape
.
Unfortunately
, the
railway
did
not
prove
financially
successful
, and the
tracks
were
constantly
in
need
of
expensive
repairs
. A
series
of
disasters
between
1900
and
1928
,
including
fires
,
floods
, and
gale-force
winds
gradually
destroyed
the
buildings
on the
summit
, and
visitors
dwindled
.
Henry
Huntington
acquired
the
railway
in
1901
, and
kept
it
in
operation
until
1938
,
when
torrential
rains
washed
away
large
portions
of the
track
.
Although
not
seen
in this
image
, the
Alpine
Tavern
was the
destination
of
many
of the
tourists
riding
the
Mt
.
Lowe
Railway
. The
tavern
was
built
in
1895
.
It
was
destroyed
in a
fire
on
September
15
,
1936
. The
horseshoe
curve
section
of the
railway
was
famous
for its
120
degree
curve
. For
each
100
feet
of
track
, the
trolley
car
passes
around
120
degrees
of a
circle
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 699
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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