463644 View from the inclined plane, near Philadelphia, printed by John T. Bowen (1801-56), c.1840 (hand-coloured litho) by Wild, John Caspar (c.1804-46); 17 x 19 cm; Library Company of Philadelphia, PA, USA; (add.info.: View looking east down the inclined plane cut into Belmont Hill (Fairmount Park) for the hauling of railroad cars in Philadelphia on route to the steam locomotives to Columbia on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Shows two men watching cars being hauled by ropes from within the plane. The covered Columbia Railroad Bridge, completed in 1834 over the Schuylkill River, from which the plane leads up, is visible in the background. Also shows distant cityscape, and forestry. The plane was abandoned in 1850. ); 穢 Library Company of Philadelphia ; American, out of copyright.