" TO MOUNT LOWE WITH LOVE " - PASADENA & MT. WILSON FUNICULAR RAILROAD THADDEUS LOWE MD17464
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"To Mount Lowe with Love" presents a history of the Mt. Lowe Railroad. It was produced by Philip Callahan's Galway Productions. Callahan was an amateur historian who presented slide shows about Mt. Lowe. They proved to be so impressive that Southern California Edison funded a film version as a public service. As the documentary shows, at the turn of the 20th Century a "railroad to the stars" ran from Pasadena to Mt. Wilson by way of Pacific Electric Red Car, incline cable car / funicular, and electric trolley. Today, this engineering wonder is gone, although traces still exist in the San Gabriels. The film consists primarily of black and white motion pictures and (color tinted) stills. Narrated by Lynn Adkins.
Still Images of train tracks and stations flash across the screen, and a steep funicular designed by David J Macpherson, a civil engineer graduate from Cornell University. The railway was originally incorporated by Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, as the Pasadena & Mt. Wilson Railroad Co. Macpherson was Lowe's engineer and partner. Incorporated June 2, 1891. Initial drawings of the mountainside railway 2:05. Surveys of the Rubio Canyon avoiding homes 2:32. Echo Mountain 2:45. Men on horseback on Echo Mountain 2:52. Sketches of a trolley route, funicular and hotel 3:15. Echo Mountain House sketch 3:30. Mountain Junction to Rubio Canyon, 1891, the first spike was driven into the ground 3:40. Sketches of the mountains and track plans 4:00. Dynamite is used to create a route on the cliffside 4:25. Lowe on horseback, supervises the men 4:52. The Macpherson Trestle is built 5:48. Horses pull cable up the mountainside 6:10. Supplies and materials climb the mountain 6:40. Workers stand before Echo Mountain House 7:00. The chalet hangs over the mountainside 7:05. Almarian William Decker, an electrical engineer, designed and supervised the installation of the electrical system 7:30. Decker sits with Lowe for picture 7:51. Generating stations 8:10. Later electricity was provided by steam generation plant 8:29. Images of funicular and cable cars 8:50. The large cable and wheel 9:07. Trestle tracks 9:28. 1893, trolley cars and cable cars were tested 9:58. July 4, 1893 the railroad opens 10:20. The dining room beneath the upper pavilion 10:55. The notorious bandit, Vazquez 11:18. Trails, bridges and stairs took visitors up and around the canyons 11:28. Japanese lanterns lit at night 11:39. Crowds gather for the return of the first cable car to the bottom of the mountain 12:20. The Echo Mountain House opens 13:00. A children’s zoo 13:18. The Great Searchlight from the Chicago World’s Fair is installed on top of Echo Mountain 13:48. Observatory on Echo Mountain 14:05. Extension of the railroad is planned to Crystal Springs 14:40. Construction of the expansion railroad 14:50. Sierra Madre Mountains 15:15. 1895 - "Alpine Section" completed 15:40. Circular bridge 16:08. Granite Gate is blasted 16:27. Open air trolley car goes through Granite Gate 16:38. Crystal Springs 16:54. Mountain sketch 17:20. Tragedy strikes as fire burns Echo Mountain House to the ground in 1905 17:35. Hurricane starts fire at Chalet and destroys it 17:48. A new powerhouse is built 18:08. Motion picture film of passengers riding the cable car up the mountain 19:19. Passengers reach the summit 21:00. Photo of tourists at the top of the mountain 21:17. Old Echo Mountain sign 21:33. Movie, probably shot by Henry Ford's crew, of the trolley car rounding corners 22:05. Intertitle: “And now we’re forced to walk for there is no comfortable trolley to finish the remaining 2.5 miles to the summit” 23:55. “The more difficult climbing we negotiated with the assistance of a lifeline” 24:14. “Nearing the end of the trail we found ice and snow in abundance.” 25:00. The top. The Alpine Tavern changes name to Mount Lowe Tavern 25:35. Hikers 26:00. Mule pulls horsecar with passengers 26:18. Inspiration Point 26:38. Map of Los Angeles 26:43. Small overnight cabins with kitchens 27:00. Laurel and Hardy 27:48. 1915 roadster makes the trip by auto on tracks 27:54. Today, the Great Incline is just a shadow in the underbrush 28:55. The railroad lasted 45 years. Nostalgic images of the hotel and guests 31:16. The end.
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This is what makes America great! There were men willing to take on this overwhelming task and get it done. Holy crap at the ingenuity.
My 4x great uncle ❤❤ Thank you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
How wonderful and tragic too! Two magnificent American entrepreneurs that helped US all believe in our dreams bringing adventure to countless families to fill a lifetime! Amen
24:00 - LOL climbing a mountain in a 3-peice suit and dress shoes! Everyone was so proper back in the day. I hike these trails all the time and it's neat to see their history and what used to be.
A priceless adventure. Thank you!
Thank you!
This is terrific. I love it.
I wish that this still existed.
It, and all other Urban or Suburban Rail that existed in Southern California were removed after WWII.
The Mountains north of Los Angeles have been a playground for the wealthy since the post-Civil War period.
What happened to it?
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A Documentary about that occurrence was made in the late 1980s titled “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
The automobile and oil industries bought them, and then dismantled them.
Technically most cities in the USA has Urban Rail and Trolley Lines that were more extensive than either London or Paris.
I think you could have scrounged up $2 (price of a revolver) and made a vacation out of it. I sure would have.
When was this film produced?
This was made in 1970.
Much of the footage was from the 1920's.
@@ericdavidberkus2950 I figured that it must have been after 1963 because that is when the popular movie "From Russian With Love" released, and the title of this video appears to have drawn its inspritation from that movie, which of course had originally been the title of the book by Ian Flemming.
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If you live in NJ, you can come over and see the 16mm copy shown here!
Nice to see the original, but I live in San Diego
Is it just me, or does the guy sound just like Obama?!