Client:
SE Technologies, Inc.
Project:
Panhandle Railroad Rails to Trails
Location:
Washington County
Our Role:
Historic Resource Survey Form
CDC surveyed a 17-mile section of the Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Washington County. A total of 18 bridges, 2 tunnels, a passenger station, and a freight station were identified. The railroad reflects the impact and role that the county’s rural areas played in a century of national shifts in industry and technology.
Additional Interest: The Panhandle was significant for its association with the coal and coke industry and its impact on the land-use patterns of the communities and farms through which it passed. The railroad steamed through incredible stone tunnels and over bridges in a contrasting landscape of agriculture and coal mines.
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