Castner Scrapbook v.10, Transportation, page 81

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Castner Scrapbook v.10, Transportation, page 81

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Item No: pdcc02606
Title: Castner Scrapbook v.10, Transportation, page 81
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Item pdcc00986, bottom [image dimensions 12.0 cm x 13.0 cm]:

Halftone reproduction of a painting showing a bifurcated barge being hauled up to the summit of the Alleghenny Portage. Image caption reads: A view of the old canal-boat inclined railway across the Alleghenies between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown. Over this route passed the traffic between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh a century ago.

From a painting in the State Capitol, Harisburg, Pa.

Published in The National Geographic Magazine, Vol 35, No.5.  May, 1919.


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.10
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler