. What I know about Mount Agassiz, Bethlehem and the White Mountains . et tothe mile. The steepest part of it (Jacobs Ladder) ascends 1980feet to the mile. (Mt. Rigi, Switzerland, has a similar road.)There never has been an accident causing injury or loss of lifeon the cog road. The appliances for stopping the train are of themost perfect kind. An engine weighing 6^ tons pushes up onecar at a time. The engines are rated as 50 horse power, but arereally 200 horse power on account of their gearings- Nearly 10,-000 people visit the Summit every season. The Tip-Top Houseoffers temporary accommodat
. What I know about Mount Agassiz, Bethlehem and the White Mountains . et tothe mile. The steepest part of it (Jacobs Ladder) ascends 1980feet to the mile. (Mt. Rigi, Switzerland, has a similar road.)There never has been an accident causing injury or loss of lifeon the cog road. The appliances for stopping the train are of themost perfect kind. An engine weighing 6^ tons pushes up onecar at a time. The engines are rated as 50 horse power, but arereally 200 horse power on account of their gearings- Nearly 10,-000 people visit the Summit every season. The Tip-Top Houseoffers temporary accommodations to guests who wish to spendthe night and see the sun rise. Jacobs Ladder and the Lake ofthe Clouds are only short distances from the Summit. Climateat the Summit is similar to that of (Greenland at 70^ X. temperature and vegetation warrant this statement. Lati-tude is 44° 16 13 N. and the longitude is 71° 18 13 \V. Thebest features of this mountain are the sunrises and sunsets, be-ing-above-the-clouds, the cloud-effects, wonderful colors, percep-. tion of tlic beginning and progress of storms, conflicts of thewind and clouds, fluctuations of thermometer, etc. Here thereare attractions for tlie botanist and the geologist. Mt. \\ ash-ington was first ascended by Darby Field and two Indians in to have received its name in 1784. First house built atthe Summit in 1821 by A. F. Crawford. .Summit House builtin 1852, and the Tip-Top House was constructed the followingvear. .Se\eral persons ha\e perished during the climb to thesummit of this peak. lptl?lpl|pm Halka Turner Path to Mt. Agassiz. Watch for sign about threerods east of Turner Cottage. Keep straight path up the moun-tain, I 1-4 miles to the summit of Mt. Agassiz. Turners Ob-servatory. Take the above mentioned path at Turners Ta\-ern and turn sharply to the right at the edge of the woods. Keepon the path that bears gradually to the left. The Obser\aioryis about 1-2 mile from the edge of the wo
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