PROFESSOR THADDEUS LOWE
MOUNT LOWE RAILWAY
Echo Mountain Zoo
(Courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library)
As a side attraction on Echo Mountain, a zoo or menagerie to entertain the tourists between Incline runs was built. There were three eagles of different species, California lynxes, coyotes, civet cats, a pair of raccoons, a pet squirrel, and an assortment of small reptiles. MOUNT LOWE, The Railway in the Clouds, page 76.