Allegheny Portage Railroad, Staple Bend Tunnel, Conemaugh Borough, East of Conrail Bridge, Geistown, Cambria County, PA
Summary
Significance: The Staple Bend Tunnel is proclaimed to be the first railroad tunnel in the United States.
Survey number: HAER PA-240
Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94001187
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Madrid, transmitter
Location
Geistown, 40.29288, -78.87506
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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