Yesterday I posted about the inclined lift at Kaprun in Austria. Presurfer reader Emanuel pointed me to the funicular lift of Bom Jesus do Monte, in the city of Braga in Portugal. It's over 100 years old.
The lift was built in 1882 by Niklaus Riggenbach and is the oldest funicular in the world moving by water counterbalancing, loading water into the car at the top of the hill, which weighs it down so it descends to the bottom, at the same time drawing the lighter, drained car up the hill, where the process starts all over again.
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The incline in Pittsburgh was built in 1877 and is still in use by commuters today (and it leads to the best view of the city).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duquesne_Incline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MxtZc_ZNQ
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