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Description:Excerpt from In the Heart of the Alleghenies: Historical and DescriptiveIn order to get a sort Of bird's - eye view of the district that shall fix its main features in our mind for reference when we come to speak in detail of things that are and things that were, let us first take a day-train from Harrisburg and go with it up to the mountain top, past Cresson, and down again on the other side. The road we follow is the chief artery Of the State of Pennsylvania, the channel through which ﬂows the main current of its vast activity. But it is much more than a great local highway. It is also one Of the chief lines by which the East and the West join hands across the conti nent. The history Of this railroad in its first beginnings, as we shall trace them later on, is a curious record not only Of local enterprise but of early experiments in railroading as well. It is but fifty years since those experiments were begun, yet the first road over the Alleghenies has been superseded and done away with. It has, indeed, passed not only out Of use but almost out of mind. How many of the thousand daily passengers over the present track know that there was another steam-route - yes, . Two others that preceded it? Even the picturesque remains Of the pioneer road - does it seem strange to talk of remains in connection with anything so new as railroads, and of picturesqueness as a visible ele ment therein - are as nearly forgotten as their history, both alikebeing known to few but local antiquaries and the, summer-board ers Of the neighborhood, who are very generally from localities not far away.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In the Heart of the Alleghenies: Historical and Descriptive. To get started finding In the Heart of the Alleghenies: Historical and Descriptive, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from In the Heart of the Alleghenies: Historical and DescriptiveIn order to get a sort Of bird's - eye view of the district that shall fix its main features in our mind for reference when we come to speak in detail of things that are and things that were, let us first take a day-train from Harrisburg and go with it up to the mountain top, past Cresson, and down again on the other side. The road we follow is the chief artery Of the State of Pennsylvania, the channel through which ﬂows the main current of its vast activity. But it is much more than a great local highway. It is also one Of the chief lines by which the East and the West join hands across the conti nent. The history Of this railroad in its first beginnings, as we shall trace them later on, is a curious record not only Of local enterprise but of early experiments in railroading as well. It is but fifty years since those experiments were begun, yet the first road over the Alleghenies has been superseded and done away with. It has, indeed, passed not only out Of use but almost out of mind. How many of the thousand daily passengers over the present track know that there was another steam-route - yes, . Two others that preceded it? Even the picturesque remains Of the pioneer road - does it seem strange to talk of remains in connection with anything so new as railroads, and of picturesqueness as a visible ele ment therein - are as nearly forgotten as their history, both alikebeing known to few but local antiquaries and the, summer-board ers Of the neighborhood, who are very generally from localities not far away.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In the Heart of the Alleghenies: Historical and Descriptive. To get started finding In the Heart of the Alleghenies: Historical and Descriptive, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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