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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HGL_war-on-terror-a-war-memorial_Tyrone-PA.html
War on Terror. —. War on Terror Kosovo Iraq Afghanistan We solute those in uniform who guard against terror. var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.getElementById…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ZD_the-yellow-corner_Martinsburg-PA.html
Martinsburg's first merchantile store was built with logs on this site in the year 1815 by merchants Samuel Myers and William Entriken. The deteriorating 1850 brick building that was later built on this site was replaced with the present structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SKX_juniata-iron_Williamsburg-PA.html
Along the streams of this region are ruins of many charcoal iron furnaces and forges built between 1790 and 1850 that produced some of the highest quality iron in the nation. The reign of Juniata Iron ended with the rise of coal and coke iron-maki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RRJ_soldiers-and-sailors-monument_Altoona-PA.html
[Monument text has deteriorated due to acid rain]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AL_why-a-skewed-arch-bridge_Sierra-Blanca-PA.html
From 1834 to 1854 the Portage Railroad passed beneath the Skew Arch Bridge. The original hand hewn stone bridge was built at right angles to the railroad. A right angle turn was arduous for a wagon to negotiate; therefore to make the crossing comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11NW_the-gp9_Altoona-PA.html
Inscription of photo at top of marker GP9 #7048, momentarily off-duty, cools its wheels at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania engine terminal.Caption of next photo Pennsylvania Railroad GP9 #7048 replaced the K4 locomotive as a trackside monument in 1985.Mai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KT_trackside-buildings_Altoona-PA.html
This 1870s view of Horseshoe Curve looks north past the rubble-strewn trackside area where you are standing, to show a coal hopper and a track along the hillside. These are evidence of coal mining activity along Kittanning Run. The shanty in the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KS_watching-the-curve_Washington-PA.html
Caption of drawing at top left The GE P42DC produced by General Electric Transportation Systems.Caption of drawing at top right Norfolk Southern SD40-Es usually come up in pairs. And often on both ends of long freight trains going up hill. (Up is …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CU_railroad-stone_Lilly-PA.html
On this hillside archeologists have found evidence of stonecutting that was almost certainly related to the building of the Allegheny Portage Railroad. There is no formal quarry pit, but broken stone is abundant, and many sandstone outcrops reveal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CT_blair-county-memorial-highway_Altoona-PA.html
To allSons of Blair Countywho served this nationin time of war,this road of memoryis gratefully dedicatedfor all time Dedicated Nov. 12, 1933Rededicated Nov. 11, 1992
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