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This incline and the Monongahela Incline to the east are the last two of their kind in Pittsburgh. In their heyday, more than a dozen inclines were scattered throughout the region.
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In 1859, Pittsburgh was the 17th largest city in the United States, housed nearly 1,000 factories and was a major industrial force. The town of about 50,000 was in the middle of earning its nickname, the Steel City, producing large amounts of the strong material and growing each year.
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Residents of Allentown and the South Side Slopes are about one week away from seeing a former hillside dump site given special status as Pittsburgh’s…