Incline

Postcard

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Picnooga

Name/Title

Incline

Entry/Object ID

2021.010.002

Description

Photograph postcard showing an aerial view of the incline #2, from the St. Elmos base to the top of Lookout Mountain. The postcard shows the businesses that sat at the base of the incline in the 1950, including Incline Drugs and other St. Elmo businesses. There verso reads "THE INCLINE UP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Chattanooga, Tenn., is 4750 feet long from St. Elmos at its base to the summit of the mountain. It is the steepest cable incline in the world, reaching a 72.7 per cent grade at one point.

Subject

Incline #2

Subject Person/Organization

Lookout Incline No. 2

Subject Place

Neighborhood

St. Elmo

City

Chattanooga

County

Hamilton County

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States of America

Collection

Lookout Mountain Collection

Postcard Details

Place Published

City

Chattanooga

County

Hamilton County

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States of America

Date Published

1955