Guide-book of the Central railroad of New Jersey, and its connections through the coal-fields of Pennsylvania (1864) (14572322189)

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Title: Guide-book of the Central railroad of New Jersey, and its connections through the coal-fields of Pennsylvania

Year: 1864 (1860s)

Authors: Harper, firm, publishers, New York. (1864. Harper & brothers) (from old catalog)

Subjects: Central Railroad of New Jersey

Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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s seenfrom different points. The tourist may take his posi-tion below the Gap, on the banks of the river, and willhere, doubtless, get the most favorable view of the fis-sure itself. From the Kittatinny House a better posi-tion is afforded for the full continuation of the scene;and by ascending to the top of the mountain on thePennsylvania side—an ascent of about four miles—hewill obtain a magnificent view of the extended valley ofthe Delaware, including also a vast reach of mountainscenery. The Kittatinny House is situated on a high ledge inthe Gap itself, on the Pennsylvania side, and is a favor-ite summer resort for travelers. There is a pretty littlevillage half a mile above the Gap, where one seems some-how to be thrown backward into a past generation, soold-fashioned are the habits of the country farmers wholive here, daily tilling the soil of the rich meadow-landsalong the river, and nightly gathering in the bar-room ofthe Brainerd Hotel for that familiar gossip so loved of

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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. v 37 old, when the good people of this world seem to havehad time for it. The view which the artist has given here from SunsetRock looks up the Delaware from the inside of the Gap. VII. DELAWARE WATER GAP TO SCRANTON. If we had continued our original course along theCentral Railroad of New Jersey from Hampton to itswestern terminus, a distance of fifteen miles, we shouldhave entered Pennsylvania at Easton, crossing the Dela-ware at that point; but, instead of that, we have beentraveling northwest, over the Delaware, Lackawanna,and Western Railroad, for a distance of twenty-six miles,and have entered Pennsylvania through the Water Gapabout twenty-five miles above Easton. This same course, by the same road, we now continuetoward Scranton, which is the northern limit of ourroute. The ride from Water Gap to Scranton combinesfeatures of real sublimity, such as are to be obtained byno other ride of the same distance in the country. Thisis due to the fact that

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