Allegheny Portage Railroad Essays

  • Kit Carson Blue Line Essay Topics

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    If you have ever watched a John Wayne western, read a Mark Twain novel, or had a ride on a Ferris wheel, you are sure to enjoy your adventure along the Kit Carson Blue Line Trail. This 2.5 mile-long blue line (painted on the sidewalk) directs visitors through Carson City’s historic district on the west side of town. A walk along the trail takes you past beautiful examples of early Victorian architecture and some of the city’s first government buildings. Often referred to as The Blue Line Trail

  • Pennsylvania Railroad Research Paper

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    pocket. The challenge that we are trying to conquer is the Allegheny mountains. I am an immigrant from Ireland. I moved to America for a better life. I had no choice this is the only job I could get. I think that they are have us do long gruesome work. The way to get to the other side of the Allegheny Mountains was by train then canal then Allegheny portage railroad. The Pennsylvania railroad decreased the time it took to get over the Allegheny Mountains The blueprints for the curve were in a Horseshoe

  • Railroad Development in America

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    Railroads have been around for almost two hundred years. Between 1820 and 1850 the first railroads began to appear and the need for the further development became apparent. America had just gone through an era of canal making; and now with the canals not in total operation, railroads began to thrive and take jobs that would once have gone to the canals. However, it was not easy for the railroad industry to promote their innovative new mode of transportation. With vision and ingenuity, the pioneers

  • Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

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    streets which have steps for sidewalks, and sidewalks which are named streets. From the highest point in Allegheny County, 1,401 feet at River Hill in Forward Township, to the 710 foot normal pool level of the Ohio River at the Point in Pittsburgh, and down to the 682 foot elevation on the banks of the Ohio as it exits the County in the west, the elevation varies by a bit more than 700 feet (Allegheny). Other locations may have greater relief, but they are not as heavily urbanized; other cities may be