Mount Lowe Preservation Society

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Mount Lowe Tavern Dining Room. [Pacific Electric Magazine]

The Great Incline (funicular) Mount Lowe Railway (1893-1936). Grade of incline: variable 48% to 62%; Strength of incline cable; tested to 100 tons; Greatest load ever imposed: 7 tons

Summit of Mt. Lowe, California. Altitude 6100 Feet Postcard. From the end of the Mount Lowe Railway at the Mount Lowe Tavern, one could hire horses to take you to the top of Mount Lowe. [Mount Lowe Railway in the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena 1893-1936]

A Pacific Electric-era Visit Mt. Lowe advertising card used in trolleys to promote tourism on the line. Mount Lowe Railway in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Pasadena, 1893-1936.