Name/Title
Photograph, CabinetEntry/Object ID
2015.009.0312Description
This is a photo of a group of people on a railroad trolley. The sign on the right says "Pacific Electric RY" and Mt Lowe - 6100 feet. It also references Echo Mountain.
The Mount Lowe Railway was the third in a series of scenic mountain railroads in America created as a tourist attraction on Echo Mountain and Mount Lowe, north of Los Angeles, California. The railway, originally incorporated by Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe as the Pasadena & Mt. Wilson Railroad Co.[1] existed from 1893 until its official abandonment in 1938, and had the distinction of being the only scenic mountain, electric traction (overhead electric trolley) railroad ever built in the United States.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
