. The Pennsylvania railroad: its origin, construction, condition, and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . rkness. Someof the large rooms visited were named TheSnake Chamber, The Altar Room, andThe Senate Chamber, because of pecu-liarities they presented; and a clear, run-ning stream of only a few inches in depthand a dozen feet wide was forded, the waterof which was found to be cold and palat-able, with a strong odor of
. The Pennsylvania railroad: its origin, construction, condition, and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . rkness. Someof the large rooms visited were named TheSnake Chamber, The Altar Room, andThe Senate Chamber, because of pecu-liarities they presented; and a clear, run-ning stream of only a few inches in depthand a dozen feet wide was forded, the waterof which was found to be cold and palat-able, with a strong odor of explorations were continued for fivehours, the party having traveled in thattime, according to the twine they had usedto guide them in the labyrinth, (and fromthe many windings and passage-ways it isnot considered safe to penetrate any consid-erable distance without the use of this meansof finding the outlet again,) nineteen hun-dred yards—something over a mile. Per-haps the most remarkable feature about thecave, says the writer, is the varied and di-versified aspect of the different chambers andpassage-ways, and the fact that the exploreris not confined to any particular route, butafter entering for a distance of one hundred 154 THE PENNSYLVANIA OLD FURNACE ON THE CONEMAUGH. yards is permitted to strike off at almostany point of the compass. You will findthe routes invariably different in the natureof the openings, and that all the passagescommunicate with each other. There is astory told of a young girl becoming lost init many years ago. She had been stolenfrom her home by a strolling band of gypsies,who had encamped in the neighborhood ofthe cave, and had visited it several times incompany with them. She effected her escapefrom the gypsies by taking refuge in the to a great distance, and beingunable to return, she perished of bones were found years afterwards. Millwood, three hundred and six miles. Derry, three hundred and eigh
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