The This was the longest lived of the inclines, the most well known and was finally abandoned in 1948. It was constructed for streetcars and did accomodate wagons and in later years automobiles. The Zoo-Eden car used the incline and carried many to the Zoo over the years-as this was the favorite way of getting there. The reasons the cars stopped using the incline was because the bridge over the entrance to Eden Park had deteriorated and the cars were no longer allowed to cross it. For about a year after the buses used it and on April 16, 1948 it was shut down. Automobiles could use it and it was a short and interesting way to Eden Park. The author used it many times. The fare was 25 cents for car and driver and 5 cents for each passenger and pedestrians were 5 cents each. At the top of the incline was the Highland House, a brilliantly lighted showplace where even political meetins and conventions could be held. As the end of "gay Nineties" period approached, the Highland House fell victim to the Sunday closing laws and finally was razed in 1895 but the incline continued for another half a century.
Mount Adams Incline
1876-1948
945’ – 975’ in length
230-270‘ in elevation.