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Castle Shannon Incline

funicular in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Castle Shannon Incline

Summary

Castle Shannon Incline is a funicular[1]. It draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (funicular category, ranking #45 of 135).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castle Shannon Incline is located in Pittsburgh[3].
  • Castle Shannon Incline is in the country of United States[4].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's instance of is recorded as funicular[5].
  • Castle Shannon Incline is owned by Pittsburgh Railways[6].
  • Castle Shannon Incline is owned by Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad[7].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's designed by is recorded as Samuel Diescher[8].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's Commons category is recorded as Castle Shannon Incline[9].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.4292, 'longitude': -80.0026, 'precision': 0.0001}[10].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's service entry is recorded as August 26, 1890[11].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's service retirement is recorded as June 21, 1964[12].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's date of official opening is recorded as 1890[13].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's KML file is recorded as Template:Attached KML/Castle Shannon Incline[14].
  • Castle Shannon Incline's date of official closure is recorded as June 21, 1964[15].

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Geography

Castle Shannon Incline is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Pittsburgh[3].

Designation and Status

Castle Shannon Incline's instance of is recorded as funicular[5].

History and Context

Owners include Pittsburgh Railways[6], a transport company[16], in United States[17], founded in 1902[18], headquartered in Pittsburgh[19] and Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad[7], a railway line[20], in United States[21].

Why It Matters

Castle Shannon Incline draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (funicular category, ranking #45 of 135).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    State of use → Q11639308
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35395|batch #35395]]"
  2. 5w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Castle Shannon Incline car.jpg
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Date of official opening → +1890-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Commons category → Castle Shannon Incline
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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