Angels+Flight

Created by: Shady Metry Cole Pribble

More editing 5-16-14 by Madden Carlson and Noelle Higgins

**For just 25 cents you can board one of the two orange and black rail cars and ride "The Shortest Railway in the World".** **Angels Flight opened in 1901 and soon became a landmark. Col. James Ward Eddy was the visionary who convinced City Hall to grant him a franchise to operate and construct a railway. The ride lasted for about one minute and only cost one cent. In 1914, the fare rose to five cents. The only fatality that involved the original Angels Flight occurred in the autumn of 1943, when a sailor attempting to walk up the track was crushed beneath one of the cars. The railway was closed on May 18, 1969 and the Angels Flight were placed in storage. 27 years after they were put in storage, Angels Flight was reopened on February 24, 1996. On February 1, 2001, 7 people were seriously injured and 1 person was killed.**