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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCB_forces-of-nature_Kane-PA.html
A DCNR inspection in 2002 deemed the viaduct unsafe and it was closed to all traffic. Restoration work was well underway when, on July 21, 2003, severe weather sent the crew scrambling for shelter. Just after 3:15 p.m., an F1 tornado hit Kinzua Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZC8_commerce-to-collapse_Kane-PA.html
As the tallest and longest bridge of its time, the Kinzua Viaduct embodied the spirit of the industrial revolution. Cargo and sightseers rumbled across the viaduct for 120 years until an F1 tornado toppled the viaduct in 2003. Today, a skywalk and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZBM_kinzua-bridge_Kane-PA.html
An Engineering and Historical Marvel. The need to transport coal, oil and lumber across the Kinzua Valley inspired General Thomas Kane, president of the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad and Coal Company, and Octave Chanute, chief engineer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T70_dr-edward-h-mccleery-historical_Kane-PA.html
A medical doctor by profession, McCleery established a wolf park nearby to breed and care for lobo wolves, a subspecies of gray wolf. Subject to a 1920s elimination program, this wolf was saved from extinction through his efforts. The park served …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1469_thomas-l-kane_Kane-PA.html
Commander of the Civil war "Bucktail Regiment" and founder of the borough of Kane. Breveted Major General in 1863. A friend of Brigham Young and staunch supporter of the Mormon pioneers. He died, 1883, and was buried at this chapel, built at his d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1466_seneca-spring_Kane-PA.html
The spring, 200 yards southwest of here, was a stopping place on the ancient Indian trail which crossed the Big Level on the way south. The trail was once the main route from Onondaga, the Iroquois capital, to the Ohio and the Carolinas.