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Cambria County Transit Authority, Johnstown, Pa.: one of the world's steepest vehicular inclines, typical of several built in 19th century in Western Pennsylvania ... The Johnstown incline is among the world's steepest vehicular inclines, with a 71 percent grade. Its length is 896.5 feet, rising 502.5 feet. It was designed as...
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Special discounts apply to teens and students. Children 6 and younger ride free. The Transit Authority also operates the Inclined Plane, the steepest vehicular incline in the world.
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Samuel Diescher designed and built 10 of Pittsburgh's inclines, John Endres (Diescher's father-in-law), in collaboration with others, designed three inclines, and his daughter Caroline ... With a length of 896.5 feet and a slope of 35 degrees (71 percent grade), it is reputedly the steepest vehicular incline in the world.
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I've been writing about tasty holiday treats from around the world and inviting readers to share their own holiday traditions. Thanks, Marco, for sharing yours with us!
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Blizzard has a tip about spending time with your friends out of World of Warcraft as well as in it, but this “achievement” seems to mean the opposite. As my friend Christy said, it’s more like a stress test of Blizzard’s login servers.
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Modern day Alta California, or the 31st state to join the union, is the fifth largest economy in the world. But southern California, a significant contributor to that position, is an unlikely oasis smack in the middle of a grand desert -- unable to sustain itself with local water sources.
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This alternative press was effective in reinforcing class consciousness: it unified the workers because it fostered an alternative value system and framework for looking at the world, and because it "promoted a greater collective confidence by repeatedly emphasizing the potential power of working people to effect...
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