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Switchback railway, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA

Switchback railway, near Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. A gravity narrow gauge railroad at the Summit Hill coalmines, used by the company to transport coal in trucks to the village across the mountains, later used for tours and excursions to the top of Mount Pisgah

Picture No
11769654
Media ID
47680028
Size
4002px x 4315px (2.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Pharcide
Source
Part of a stereoscopic card, Keystone View Company
Date
1898

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Chunk Coalmine Coalmines Gauge Gravity Mauch Rails Slope Sloping Steep Switchback Trucks


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