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The Johnstown Inclined Plane is a 896.5-foot (273.3 m) funicular in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, U.S.The incline and its two stations connect the city of Johnstown, situated in a valley at the confluence of the Stonycreek and the Little Conemaugh rivers, to the borough of Westmont on Yoder Hill.
Jul. 22—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Johnstown Inclined Plane, which has been closed and under rehabilitation since early this year, is still right on schedule to be up and running by next summer ...
The Inclined Plane Bridge is a 237-foot (72 m), Pennsylvania through truss bridge that spans Stonycreek River in Johnstown, Cambria County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It connects the city to the lower station of the Johnstown Inclined Plane .
CamTran also operates the Johnstown Inclined Plane, taken over in 1983 from Westmont, Pennsylvania borough. The transit system began operation in 1976, from the remnants of the Johnstown Traction Company. Although the Cambria County Transit Authority (CCTA) began operation on July 20, 1976, service did not begin until December 1, 1976.
Johnstown Flood Museum – shows the Academy Award-winning film The Johnstown Flood as part of the museum experience. Johnstown Inclined Plane is the world's steepest vehicular inclined plane. Pasquerilla Plaza (the Crown American Building) Peoples Natural Gas Park; Point Stadium; Silver Drive-In – first opened in 1962. [33]
1891 – The Johnstown Inclined Plane, in Johnstown, PA, was completed following the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Dubbed the "World's Steepest Vehicular Inclined Plane", it is 896.5 ft (273.3 m) long, and ascends 502.2 ft (153.1 m) from the city valley to Westmont hilltop at a 70.9 percent grade.
An inclined railway, the Johnstown Inclined Plane, was built for easy travel to the city. With the problem of transportation solved, the new settlement began to grow, and it was incorporated as the Borough of Westmont on June 13, 1892. In 1935, the borough bought the inclined railway from Bethlehem Steel.
Peoples Natural Gas Park is located near the Cambria Iron National Historic Landmark at the junction of the Conemaugh and Stoneycreek Rivers and there is a view of the Stone Bridge and the Johnstown Inclined Plane. Located on 3.5 acres, the park has an outdoor pavilion that seats 600 as well as the adjacent Oilhouse that seats about 560.