. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . ay circle is thusdescribed, over which the cars proceed with the swiftness, almost,of lightning, without any motive-power whatever. Mount Pisgahplane is twenty-two hundred and fifty feet in length, overcoming aperpendicular height of nearly seven hundred feet. This is probablytlie greatest elevation overcome by any other single inclined plane in theworld. Previous to the completion of this new road, the empty carswere drawn back by mules, that always accompanied
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . ay circle is thusdescribed, over which the cars proceed with the swiftness, almost,of lightning, without any motive-power whatever. Mount Pisgahplane is twenty-two hundred and fifty feet in length, overcoming aperpendicular height of nearly seven hundred feet. This is probablytlie greatest elevation overcome by any other single inclined plane in theworld. Previous to the completion of this new road, the empty carswere drawn back by mules, that always accompanied the loaded trainsin their descent, having had cars expressly appropriated to their ac-commodation. Upwards of six hundred mules were thus employed,occasioning, as may well be supposed, a heavy item of expense, includ-ing that necessary for the support of their drivers. It is, in our opin-ion, a serious obstacle to the success of this company, that so muchmachinery, and that of an expensive and complicated character, hasto be maintained to carry on their business. Mauch Chunk is a remarkable Aallage, and no engraving could hope. THE LEHIGH. 119 to portray its peculiar features—nor, indeed, could any considerableportion of it, small as it is, be exhibited in a single view, since thetown creeps in amongst the naiTOw valleys of the numerous moun-tains, in which it is situated, for nestling places. It is a birds-nestof a place—hemmed in by high and steep mountains on all sides—some gracefully curving around it, while others terminate abruptly inits midst, and seemingly frown down upon it. The houses, which aregenerally very neat and creditable structures, are built on the sidesof the mountains—in some instances the fronts presenting three andfour stories, the rear one. There are two principal hotels, which aremuch frequented during the summer months by travellers and tourists,but more especially by enterprizing capitalists and manufacturersinterested in the vast resources o
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