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Mount Lowe Railway (Images of Rail) - Softcover

Patris, Michael A.; Mount Lowe Preservation Society

 
9780738547534: Mount Lowe Railway (Images of Rail)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0738547530 ISBN 13: 9780738547534
Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Opened with great fanfare on July 4, 1893, the Mount Lowe Incline Railway was hailed as "Earth's Grandest Mountain Ride." Built by Civil War balloonist Thaddeus S. C. Lowe and railroad engineer David J. Macpherson in the mountains above Altadena and Pasadena in Los Angeles County, this funicular was operated for 43 years and served nearly four million passengers from around the world. Where else could one find four hotels, an observatory, the world's largest searchlight, a dance hall, miniature golf, a zoo, horseback riding, tennis, and snowcapped peaks, all within a day's journey from the Pacific Ocean and downtown Los Angeles? The San Gabriel Mountains continue to be a great natural resource and recreational escape for many Angelenos, but the spectacular railway lives on only in these vintage photographs.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Author Michael A. Patris is a thirdgeneration native of Los Angeles. He is the founder of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society, Inc., a California nonprofit educational corporation whose archives contain thousands of photographs, ephemera, and souvenirs. All of the images contained in this book come from the society's archives.

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Verlag
ARCADIA PUB (SC)
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0738547530
ISBN 13 
9780738547534
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
127
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