3rd St. Tunnel and Angels Flight
Artist
Ben Abril
(1923 - 1995)
Datec.1960
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Hilbert Collection
Object number2017.037
DescriptionElectric trains were once regularly used by large numbers of people in Los Angeles for transportation. Since walking up the steep hill below the Third Street Tunnel to make train connections was difficult, the Angels Flight incline railway was built in 1901 to carry pedestrians up and down Bunker Hill. The landmark narrow-gauge funicular, which is still in existence and a popular attraction, has operated on two different sites, using the same cars and station elements. The original Angels Flight location, with tracks connecting Hill Street and Olive Street, operated from 1901 until it was closed in 1969, when its site was cleared for redevelopment.
The second Angels Flight location opened one half block south of the original location in 1996, with tracks connecting Hill Street and California Plaza.
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