Duquesne Incline – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Duquesne Incline Still in Service

Public transportation still running in the city.

Photographed Tuesday morning from the Duquesne Incline Platform. No one else was there

I’d seen the fog over city as I crossed Liberty Bridge. It had lifted when I arrived after my drive.

I’d gotten the call that my iPad was ready for pick up after being repaired. It’s been there for weeks. To get it or not was the question. I paid over the phone and only Shannon was there working as they Tastar Data Systems opened Tuesday morning at 9. I debated whether I should drive over to Library Road or not but decided to have the iPad at home in my possession again. Face timing family and friends.

Sheltering in place makes you appreciate what one took for granted before. Running errands.

Our three rivers.

Allegheny River and the Monongahela River meet at the Point to form the Ohio River.

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, city scene, Duquesne Incline, Monongahela gahela River, Ohio River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, public transportation, rivers, train, weather 5 Comments

Good to Go Away- Good to Return Home

Pittsburgh in the distance as we make our descent.
welcome sign op Duquesne Incline aPPG Downtown alley view from the bus
Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Central Catholic rooftop silhouette as I wait for Steve to come pick me up at the bus stop

not my house but isn’t the light lovely on the brick?

Home sweet home. Grateful for safe travels.

June 23, 2019 by Ruth Categories: TravelTags: aerial view, Cathedral of Learning, city, city scene, Condor, downtown, Duquesne Incline, home, PAT bus, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, PPG, Statue of Liberty, travel 11 Comments

From the Duquesne Incline Platform

Maura took this first shot with the iPhone, focusing through the tower viewer (a quarter inserted in the slot)

I thought it was a creative idea

March 28, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotographyTags: city scene, Duquesne Incline, family, grandchild, guest blog, iPhone photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, travel 19 Comments

Tour Guide

Krista Stevens at WordPress creates some interesting photo challenges. This week we’re to show where we live with the theme Tour Guide,

Here’s a Pittsburgh montage. Knowing when to stop digging in the archives is the problem but it’s one AM so we’ll start with this gallery tonight.

If you enter the city from the south- Ft Pitt Tunnel and Bridge this is the view when you emerge from the tunnel,

Duquesne Incline and a view of the city

Statue of beloved Mayor Caliguiri on the steps of the City-County Building

Andy Warhol Museum Detail and the old Lobby

East Liberty Carnegie Library and Presbyterian Church

Mr Rogers Sweater and sneakers Mr. Rogers Sweater and Sneakers at the Airport Display

The Point and the fountain. Where the three rivers meet, Allegheny and Monongahela form the Ohio River,

heinz-plant (1)

InclineSnowyNight

Incline in the Snow

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History\

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Carnegie Museum of Art

Carnegie Museum of Art Sculpture Garden Courtyard

ForbesFieldWall

Above-Forbes Field Wall and Bill Mazeroski Statue with Fireworks. 1960 World Series

Immaculate REception

Polish Deli.jpg

RittersDiner

Ritter’s Diner

PNC night game.jpeg

St Paul Cathedral

St Paul Cathedral at Night

night-game-HeinzField

Heinz Field at Night

Heinz Hall

Heinz Hall at Night

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Prantl’s Bakery-Home of the World Famous Burnt Almond Torte

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Heinz Chapel

HolocaustMemorial

Keeping Tabs- Holocaust Memorial- Squirrel Hill

University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning

PittsburghFineview

From the Norhside- Fineview

CarrieFurnace

Carrie Furnace on the Monongahela River

Got Bridges? Why yes, we do!

kennywood-at-night

Lost Kennywood- Kennywood Amusement Park

North Side- Cloud Arbor by the Children’s Museum

ClubCafe

Southside Club Cafe Live Music VenueSt. Paul Cathedral in Oakland

PNCPArk PNC Park

AMTRAK station downtown

CArnegieLibrary

Carnegie Library- Oakland

East Liberty- Motor Square Garden and the Presbyterian Church

StMArysMount St Mary on the Mount -Mount Washington

Guard rails, hills, and retaining walls.

PhippsConservatory

Phipps Conservatory

Lawrenceville Neighborhood- Arsenal Lanes

StacksatWaterfront images Art Rooney Statue

Art Rooney Statue in the Snow

ShadysideVarietyStore

Shadyside Variety Store

Kaufmann’s Clock Downtown.

Three Rivers RacerKennywood

Kennywood Amusement Park- Racer

TOUR GUIDE

February 8, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: #kidspgh, Andy Warhol Museum, Art Rooney, Burnt Almond Torte, Carnegie Museum, Carrie Furnace, Cathedral of Learning, childrens museum, city scene, Cloud Arbor, Duquesne Incline, Heinz Chapel, Heinz Field, Heinz Hall, Holocaust Memorial, Mr. Rogers, Museum of Natural History, night game, night photography, Original Hot Dog Shop, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Photograhy, PNC Park, Polish deli, postaday, Prantl's Bakery, Ritter's Diner, Roberto Clemente, smokestacks, sport, sports, St. Paul Cathedral, Steel Industry, technology 36 Comments

Duquesne Incline Operator Revisited

Here’s Chuck Wise again, manning the controls of the Duquesne Incline. He’s been operating the incline for twenty years. During the day he delivers flowers. He ‘graciously allowed me to photograph him again and you can tell there was a Pirates Game Wednesday night.

Here is the orginal post. . Blog Post -Incline Operator in January 2013.

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: baeball game, Duquesne Incline, incline operator, Mt. Washington, people at work, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, postaday 7 Comments

Atop the Stump at the Farm etc.

And a few other pics for the second ATOP gallery.

I was talking with my friend today and said I don’t think I use the word atop in my everyday vocabulary. But I seem to have a few photos from the archives that illustrate it.

At Chuck and Sharon’s farm in Crestline, OH

grandkids atop roof Grandkids atop the playhouse in the backyard, a few years ago.

phantom

People ready to scream atop Phantom’s Revenge at Kennywood

apple atop student

A former student posting for the nutritional food posters duquesne incline

Duquesne Incline atop Mt. Washington Pittsburgh PA

Lawn ball atop stand in Joan’s Garden

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Wonder Bread sign in Columbus OH

xmas tree atop fence Christmas Tree atop fence post on Arlington Avenue

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St. Mary of the Mount atop Mt. Washington Pittsburgh

March 19, 2017March 19, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: #Pittsuburgh, atop, Christmas Tree, city scene, Columbus, Duquesne Incline, family, farm, garden, grandkids, Incline, Kennywood, lawn ball, Pantom's Revenge, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, roller coaster, stump, weekly photo challenge, Yard Art 7 Comments

Between Okanogan and Spokane

Landscape is the weekly photo challenge, “typically displayed in a horizontal orientation” Cheri Lucas Rowlands

You can see I shot this landscape in a vertical orientation as well.

(August 2006 when visiting my brother in Washington)

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Primitive road

Screen shots from online storage are not the best resolution. Have to dig out an external hard drive to hunt for 2006 landscapes original files from Washington trip.

and another favorite landscape is a cityscape of Pittsburgh at Night

_untitled_ Duquesne Incline at Night

April 1, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: cityscape, Duquesne Incline, family, landscape, night photography, Okanogan WA, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, Spokane WA, travel, weekly photo challenge 23 Comments

Pittsburgh Skyline, Incline and Sea of Fog

Made the decision to turn right at the mouth of the Liberty Tunnel, go to Mount Washington and photograph the city in fog on the way to school this morning.

I thought the above shot was best with the gift of light on the incline car, as it prepared to head down the mountain. No tripod although there was a man with one. I stabilized my camera on the iron fence.

Of course, the light changes every moment as the sunrises in the east. All shots taken with 24-70 lens on the Canon 5D Mark ii

One vertical shot. Light and dark/ Cloud and shadow.

Trying to get the best view in the frame.

Being there. looking at the city in the fog, was a magnificent experience. The limits of photography.

It felt like being in a plane but you’re standing on a concrete platform by the incline, looking at the city disappear in a foggy sea. Wasn’t it just last week I was photographing the icy river and the barge lane? Today felt like early Spring.

Three young men agreed to let me capture their silhouettes. Thanks guys. I’ll email them the blog post link today.