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Portage Railroad

Blair County · dedicated 1947 · (SR 3012 / old US 22) westbound, just E of Cambria Co. line

Here was No. 6 of the ten inclined planes used to carry canal boats by rail. Hollidaysburg to Johnstown. This unique engineering feat was completed in 1834. The road was 36 miles long.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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