Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . ? PENNSYLVANIA. 19] The Pennsylvania Railway— on if he is in haste, to Pittsburg, overthe Alleghanies, by the help of thewonderful specimens of the power ofthe engineers art, which will interesthim on the way : the tunnel, 3,612 feetlong, in which he will pass through theAlleghany mountains, 2,200 feet abovethe sea
Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . ? PENNSYLVANIA. 19] The Pennsylvania Railway— on if he is in haste, to Pittsburg, overthe Alleghanies, by the help of thewonderful specimens of the power ofthe engineers art, which will interesthim on the way : the tunnel, 3,612 feetlong, in which he will pass through theAlleghany mountains, 2,200 feet abovethe sea ; the great inclined planes ofthe Portage Railroad, and other marvelsof art and of nature. Pittsburg, Pa., is upon the Ohioriver, at the confluence of the Alleghanyand the Monongahela. It is situated ina district extremely rich in mineralwealth, and the enterprise of the peo-ple has been directed to the develop-ment of its resources, with an energyand success seldom paralleled. Thecity of Pittsburg enjoys, from its situa-tion, admirable commercial facilities,and has become the centre of an exten-sive commerce with the Western States ;while its vicinity to inexhaustible ironand coal mines, has raised it to greatdistinction as a manufacturing Monongahela House here is oneof the finest hotels in the Union. The c
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