WORKING ‘THE ANGEL’-Joseph M. Cooper, 60, operates Angel’s Flight, funicular railroad at 3rd and Hill St. His commuters, 5,000 a day, ride the road over its full length, 315 ft., up and down the incline ending at Olive St.
Joseph M. Cooper, 60, operates Angel's Flight in 1960
"The World's Shortest Railway" has re-opened after nine years of repairs and restructuring after a fatal accident. Above and below, historic pictures of Angel's Flight from the UCLA archives.
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