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Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
Society: ASME Main Category: Mechanical Sub Category: Rail Transportation Era: 1890-1899 DateCreated: 1895 Lookout Mountain Chattanooga State: TN Zip: 37350 Country: USA Website: http://www.asme.org/about-asme/history/landmarks/topics-m-z/rail-transportation---2/-156-lookout-mountain-incline-railway-%281895%29, https://www.asme.org/getmedia/769218e7-8ab4-486a-8de5-f5e7a4299859/156-Lookout-Mountain-Incline-Railway-1895.aspx Creator: Crass, John , Lookout Mountain Incline Railway Company

At the mountain where the Civil War's Battle Above the Clouds was waged, tourist business has thrived from the building of its first toll road (Whiteside Pike) in 1857 to present day.

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1991
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Duane Tate (CC BY 2.0) Image Caption: Lookout Mountain Incline Railway Era_date_from: 1895
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Lookout Mountain Incline Railway

At the mountain where the Civil War's Battle Above the Clouds was waged, tourist business has thrived from the building of its first toll road (Whiteside Pike) in 1857 to present day.

More than 75,000 tourists a year were visiting the site when the war interceded. Tourism was not…

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