There is a picture floating around somewhere of a very young boy relieving himself at the base of the Duquesne Incline. 26 years later that boy has rode again. Also, the City of Pittsburgh has placed port-a-potties at the base of the incline. The Duquesne Incline is an inclined plane railroad, located in Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood, that scales Mt. Washington. Completed in 1877, the incline is 800 feet long and covers 400 feet of elevation. It rises above Pittsburgh's central business district to view a triangular tract carved by the confluence of three rivers. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers come together to form the Ohio River. From an elevated view the rivers combine to form a picturesque view of downtown Pittsburgh. It is a view that a young boy would not forget... and even come back to see as a man.
