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Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains – Antique Wall Art

Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains, [Philadelphia : W.P. Mange & Co., c1874] — historic photograph
Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains, [Philadelphia : W.P. Mange & Co., c1874]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains

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Horseshoe Curve, a broad bend cut into the Allegheny Mountains near Altoona, Pennsylvania, is the subject here, with the Pennsylvania Railroad's track sweeping around the hillside. The line was built in the early 1850s so trains could climb the steep western face of the range at a workable grade, and the curve's wide arc became one of the best-known engineering works in the country. This view appeared in the *National Album*, a Philadelphia publication issued by W.P. Mange & Co. in 1874, which gathered views of scenery and industry for readers interested in the nation's growing rail network.

Created / published[Philadelphia : W.P. Mange & Co., c1874]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1870-1880.
NotesIn: National album. Philadelphia : W.P. Mange & Co., 1874, p. 47.
SubjectsPennsylvania Railroad. Railroads--Allegheny Mountains--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,109 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168385

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