| A Gravity Road postcard shows the lift of a side friction device that appears to be on the boat landing pier, looking toward the park--this seems to correspond to the 1-3/4 mile long scenic railway a 1909 Sanborn map . This device (which may have been modified over the years), is variously mentioned as an elevated railway (1901), new gravity road (1901), scenic railway (of the Aerial Railway Company) (1907), aerial railway (1909), scenic railway (1909), and gravity railway (early 1913, when it was damaged by wind, and presumably repaired). |