Mill Mountain Incline Trolley (2013)

The Mill Mountain Incline, or funicular (incline plane), was located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, VA, and operated between 1910 and 1929. At a construction cost of 440,000 the project was viewed as a major attraction to the city. The incline railroad was completed in 1909 when two counterbalanced cars were installed. The inaugural trip took place on August 10, 1910. A four-minute ride up the mountain cost 4.25 and lasted four minutes each way. A toll road to the summit was built in 1920 for automobiles, effectively sealing the fate of the Incline. It closed in 1929 and was demolished in 1934.