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WATCH THE AWARD-WINNING
VIDEO ABOUT THE 1940
SONMAN MINE DISASTER
Eliza Furnace
Staple Bend Tunnel
The Allegheny Portage
Railroad was part of the
Underground Railroad.
HIKE OR BIKE THROUGH THE FIRST
RAILROAD TUNNEL BUILT IN THE U.S.
STAPLE BEND TUNNEL
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
814-886-6150 | www.nps.gov/alpo
This 901-foot tunnel is the first railroad
tunnel built in the United States. In
operation from 1833 until 1852 when
the Pennsylvania Railroad bypassed it,
restorations to the tunnel have revitalized
it into part of a five-mile biking/walking
trail. The grand entrances, detailed
stonework and marvelous sandstone
arched liners greet visitors as they
explore the national historic site.
SEE ONE OF PA’S BEST-PRESERVED
HOT BLAST IRON FURNACES
ELIZA FURNACE HISTORIC SITE
Indiana County Parks & Trails Located along the
Ghost Town Trail, one-half mile west of Vintondale
724-463-8636 |www.indianacountyparks.org
A National Register site dating from
1846, the Eliza Furnace is one of only
a few iron furnaces remaining in the
United States that still retains its original
heat exchanger piping.
PORTAGE STATION
MUSEUM AND THEATRE
400 Lee St., Portage, PA 15946 | 814-736-9223
www.facebook.com/Portageareahistoricalsociety/
Located in the 1926 original (restored)
railroad depot building in Portage.
Extraordinary displays of area history
and culture formed through the
influences of coal mining, railroads,
steel, forests, water, and recreation.
Pennsylvania Railroad artifacts, exhibits,
train viewing, and the video, “63 Men
Down.” HO model train exhibit of the
Mainline Railroad.
At one time, western
Pennsylvania produced nearly
one-quarter of America’s coal.
WATCH TRAINS PASS THROUGH
THE HIGHEST AND LONGEST
TUNNELS ON THE FORMER
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
GALLITZIN TUNNELS
PARK & MUSEUM
411 Convent St., Gallitzin, PA 16641
814-886-8871 | www.gallitzin.info
Identified by railroad buffs as a “must
see” stopover! The twin tunnels are the
highest and longest tunnels on the
former Pennsylvania Railroad. The first
tunnel completed the railroad west
and made the tunnels so valuable that
they were guarded by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Police during war times.
Historic railroad museum with many RR
and mining artifacts and video in the
theater. Restored PRR caboose.
ADVENTURES IN INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY
