Allegheny Portage Railroad Plane No. 2

Allegheny Portage Railroad Plane No. 2 is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Cambria County, dedicated 1994.

Intersection of Rts. 53 & 164, Portage Twp. (across from Parkway Drive-in)

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From 1834 to 1854 this 36-mile line connected Hollidaysburg to Johnstown. The railroad portaged canal boats over the Allegheny Mountains, which formed a barrier to the Pennsylvania canal system. Horses and mules pulled the first trains. Later steam locomotives were used. At the center of the line, Plane No. 2 served as the railroad headquarters.

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1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · Middle States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1827, covering the location of Allegheny Portage Railroad Plane No. 2, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1827, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Allegheny Portage Railroad Plane No. 2

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