Queen Anne Counterbalance

Queen Anne Counterbalance
Queen Anne Counterbalance cars in operation, c. 1910. View is directed north along Queen Anne Ave.
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History
Opened1901; 123 years ago (1901)
ClosedAugust 11, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-08-11)
Technical
Track length1,500 ft (460 m) (Comstock to Roy)
CharacterCombination electric & funicular streetcar

The Queen Anne Counterbalance was a funicular streetcar line operated by the Seattle Electric Company, serving the steep slope along its namesake street on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, from 1901 to 1940. It replaced an earlier cable car line built by the Front Street Cable Railway in 1891.