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MAPS
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
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Tracing of profile of Allegheny
Portage Railroad
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GENERAL
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A Traveler's Guide to
Historic Western Pennsylvania
A brief history and description is on page 151.
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Allegheny Portage National
Historic Site recalls 1834 railroad innovation
A brief
history of the railroad.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
A brief history and description of
the railroad. Current photos and map and links to
related sites.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
A brief history of the railroad. Current
photo.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
A video history of the railroad. Links to related
videos.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
An extensive
history of the construction, description and operation
of the railroad. Includes maps and historical
photos and illustrations.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
A brief
history. Current photos.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad and Canal
1800's Part 1 of 2
Well-documented video of the
railroad's history.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
and Canal 1800's Part 2 of 2
Continuation of the documentary above.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
Historical Marker
Includes a brief history of the railroad and a current
photo.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad:
Hollidaysburg to Johnstown
A brief
history. Current photos.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
Images
A gallery of historical and current illustrations and
photos.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
Images
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National
Historical Site Commemorates a Great Achievement in
Early Transportation
A brief history and description of
the site. Current photo and links to related sites.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
Plane No. 2 Historical Marker 2
Photo and
text of a marker in Cambria County.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
Restoration Now Under Way
An article begins on page 4 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
video
A video history of the railroad. Links to related
videos.
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An Account of the Portage
Rail Road over the Allegheny Mountain, in
Pennsylvania - 1836
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Allegheny Portage Railroad
videos
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Annual Report of the Canal
Commissioners – 1843
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Appleton's Railroad and
Steamboat Companion: Being a Traveller's Guide
Through the United States – 1848
A brief history and description is on page 256.
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Around Blair County
A brief history of Duncansville and the canal is on
page 7; historical photos on page 113.
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Canals
for a Nation
A history begins on page 62 and continues on page 70; a
historical illustration is on page 118.
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Canals, Volume 1
A historical photo is on page 67.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspapers which
make reference to the portage railroad.
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Climbing the Mountain: The
Allegheny Portage Railroad
A brief history of the railroad. Historical
painting.
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Conquering the Alleghenies
A brief history of the
railroad. Map and current photos.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical documents.
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Explore PA History: Allegheny Portage
Railroad
Links to an extensive set of
historical etchings, photos, historical markers,
attractions, documents and a historical timeline.
Links to related sites.
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Exploring the Allegheny
Portage Railroad Near Altoona
A brief
history. Current photos.
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From the Shield to the Sea:
Geological Field Trips from the 2011 Joint Meeting
of the GSA Northeastern and North-Central Sections
The history of the Allegheny Portage Railroad begins on
page 111.
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Google Newspapers
An 1836 advertisement for transportation via the Portage
Railroad and canals.
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Historical Collections of the
State of Pennsylvania – 1843
A description begins on page 183.
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History of the Portage
Railroad
Includes
maps and current photos.
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Johnstown Flood
A description of the canal begins on page 50.
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Journal of the Board of
Revenue Commissioners – 1857
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Leech & Co’s Line
An 1836 newspaper advertisement for one of the canal
packet companies operating on the canal and railroad.
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Lenson House of the Old
Portage Railroad
A historical painting of the canal.
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Locomotive to Aeromotive:
Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution
An account of traveling over the portage railroad begins
on page 8.
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Notes
on the internal improvements of Pennsylvania ...
and Reminiscences of the first railroad over the
Allegheny Mountain - 1879
A link to the on-line document.
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On the Allegheny Portage
Railroad
A brief history and description of the railroad.
Illustration of the route and links to related sites.
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OTD in 1831, the Allegheny
Portage Railroad Began Work on the First Railroad
Tunnel
A
brief history.
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Pennsylvania Newspaper
Archive
A set of historical articles making reference to the
railroad.
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Plane
No. 4 - Allegheny Portage Railroad Historic Marker
Photo
and text of a marker in Cambria County.
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Portage, Pennsylvania
Includes a brief history of the railroad.
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Railroads of Pennsylvania:
2nd Edition
A history and description begins on page 245.
Current photo.
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Railway and Locomotive
Engineering – 1908
A brief history is on page 140. Current
photo.
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Railway Locomotives and Cars,
Volumes 15-16 – 1842
A report regarding expenses of the portage railroad vs.
fares charged begins on page 131.
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Reminiscences of the first
railroad over the Allegheny Mountain – 1879
A link to the on-line document.
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Report of the engineer and
superintendent of the road to avoid the inclined
planes on the Allegheny Portage Railroad – 1855
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1843
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1844
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1846
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1847
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1848
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1849
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1850
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1851
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1852
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1853
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1854
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Departments to the Governor of Pennsylvania – 1855
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Depts., Transmitted to the Governor of Pennsylvania
– 1856
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Depts., Transmitted to the Governor of Pennsylvania
– 1857
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Reports of the Heads of
Depts., Transmitted to the Governor of Pennsylvania
– 1858
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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Staple Bend Tunnel
A brief history and description of the structure.
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“Stopper Hitches” on the
Allegheny Portage Railroad
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Superintendent's report /
Allegheny Portage Railroad – 1853
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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The Allegheny Portage
Railroad
A brief history and current photos of the railroad.
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The Allegheny Portage
Railroad
A brief
history, map, historical illustrations and current
photos.
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The American Almanac and
Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1837
A brief description is on page 229.
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The Evolution of
Transportation in Western Pennsylvania – 1994
An index of links which make reference to the canal in
the document.
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The
First Mountains Railroads in the World and their
inclined planes!
A brief history of the railroad. Historical
paintings, current photos, a satellite photo of the
sites of the inclines and technical data for each
incline.
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The History and Geology Of
The Allegheny Portage Railroad
Includes a
brief history, maps, historical illustrations and
current photos.
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The Millennium Link
A brief description is on page 148.
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Todd's Railfan Guide to the
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Includes a
brief history, maps, historical illustrations and
current photos.
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Uncovering the Allegheny
Portage Railroad
A brief history of the railroad. Current
photos and link to a video.
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