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 but does not operate. Angels Flight Railway was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 13, 2000, structure #00001168. A side view of two Angels Flight cable cars shortly after they crossed paths as they travel on the funicular tracks. The track for the rail cars is seen mid-air, from the side along Clay Street, with cement "brackets" holding it up in the air. Several buildings can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;10 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
Angels Flight (Railway) Railroads, Cable--California--Los Angeles Railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Bunker Hill (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Bunker Hill (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Bunker Hill (Los Angeles) Clay Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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