Title supplied by cataloger. Angels flight operated from 1901 until it was closed in 1969 when its location was redeveloped. The railway was relocated and reassembled at California Plaza in March of 1995, and closed again on February of 2001 after a serious accident resulted in the death of a passenger, and the injuries of seven others. The accident occurred when the ascending Sinai cable car suddenly reversed direction and uncontrollably accelerated downhill and struck the Olivet cable car near the lower terminus. The second funicular still exists and reopened in 2010. Angels Flight Railway was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 13, 2000, structure #00001168. A view from Hill Street and 3rd Street looking toward Angels Flight on the opposite corner, with both cable cars in motion and pedestrians waiting to cross on all sides. 3rd Street and the 3rd Street Tunnel are visible to the right of the cable cars; the hill above looks almost barren, as the buildings that once were there have been demolished as part of the re-development of Bunker Hill. Photograph dated June 18, 1965.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;27 x 30 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Angels Flight (Railway) Railroads, Cable--California--Los Angeles Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles Tunnels--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Third Street Tunnel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Third Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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