Samuel Diescher (June 25, 1839 – December 24, 1915) was a prominent Hungarian-American civil and mechanical engineer who had his career in the United...
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Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by Hungarian-American engineer Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877. The lower station is in the Second...
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(107 m), and a vertical distance of 135 feet (41 m). The designer was Samuel Diescher. The incline was abandoned on 7 November 1900, and afterward sat idle...
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Johnstown Inclined Plane was designed by Hungarian-American engineer Samuel Diescher, who had also designed the Duquesne, Castle Shannon and Fort Pitt Inclines...
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Diehl (1845–1929), politician and Mayor of Pittsburgh (1899–1901) Samuel Diescher (183–1915), engineer who designed the Duquesne Incline and the majority...
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Italian bridge engineer H. D. Deve Gowda Ex-Prime Minister of India Samuel Diescher Hungarian railway engineer Franz Dischinger German civil and structural...
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Samuel Diescher, who was born in Hungary and had immigrated to the US in 1866. Diescher and John Endres became friends and business partners. Samuel and...
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built plane in existence". The incline was built to the design of Samuel Diescher with the aim of hoisting 20-ton coal loads to the top of the hill....
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in what is now the Fineview neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Designed by Samuel Diescher, this incline operated from 1888 until 1895, running between its base...
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railway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was originally designed by Samuel Diescher, and opened in 1892 as part of the Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad...
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Oliver Incline. In 1872 Caroline Endres married Hungarian-born engineer Samuel Diescher (1839-1915), who had assisted her father on the incline project. He...
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2009 Monongahela Incline 1870 (opened) Endres John and Diescher SamuelJohn Endres and Samuel Diescher Grandview Avenue and Wyoming Street and West Carson...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by European immigrants Samuel Diescher and John Endres, this incline was built beside the smaller, original...
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North Side of the city of Pittsburgh. Built by Gustav Lindenthal or Samuel Diescher, the incline was one of only a few funiculars constructed on the north...
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