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Switchback Railroad PA1790 Print E-mail

A gravity railroad was built along this mountain in 1827 to carry coal from the mines near Summit Hill to the Lehigh Canal at Mauch Chunk. A back-track and two planes were added in 1844 for the return trip by gravity. Railroad crossed the highway here.
SR 3012, 3 miles SW of Jim Thorpe. Carbon County Pennsylvania.

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