Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site preserves remains of the first railroad across the Allegheny Mountains, a system of inclined planes that carried canal boats over the ridge between 1834 and 1854 as part of Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works.
2400 Veterans Memorial Highway
Altoona
Pennsylvania
16601
United States
Altoona
Pennsylvania
16601
United States
A famous railroad curve on the Allegheny Front, with a visitor center and funicular.
