. Book of the Royal blue . SOME COMPARATIVE ALTITUDES THE accompanying sketches convey afair idea of the comparative altitudesof the ditferent cities, towns and re-sorts along the line of the Baltimore & OhioRailroad through the Allegheny the sake of contrast, the same scaleused in showing the distances in milesbetween the places indicated, is also usedin showing the number of feet above thesea level. This arrangement, of course,brings out the contour of the mountainssharper than it really is, but is so intendedfor the sake of comparison. From the foothills of the Allegheniesin t
. Book of the Royal blue . SOME COMPARATIVE ALTITUDES THE accompanying sketches convey afair idea of the comparative altitudesof the ditferent cities, towns and re-sorts along the line of the Baltimore & OhioRailroad through the Allegheny the sake of contrast, the same scaleused in showing the distances in milesbetween the places indicated, is also usedin showing the number of feet above thesea level. This arrangement, of course,brings out the contour of the mountainssharper than it really is, but is so intendedfor the sake of comparison. From the foothills of the Allegheniesin the east where the railroad begins tofollow the Potomac River at WashingtonJunction, Md., at an altitude of 22!t feet,the ascent is gradual until Harpers Ferryis reached. The first heavy swell in themountains is here encountered and in thenext six miles to Duffields a gradual rise of nearly ?>00 feet is made, reaching itshighest point in the next three miles at apoint near Kerneysville of 589 feet abovethe sea level.
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