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WATCH THE AWARD-WINNING
VIDEO ABOUT THE 1940 SONMAN
MINE DISASTER
PORTAGE STATION MUSEUM AND THEATRE
400 Lee St., Portage, PA 15946 | 814-736-9223
facebook.com/Portageareahistoricalsociety
Located in the 1926 original (restored)
railroad depot building in Portage.
Extraordinary displays of area history
and culture formed through the
influences of lumbering, coal mining,
railroads, steel, forests, water, and
recreation. Pennsylvania Railroad
artifacts, exhibits, train viewing, and
the video, “63 Men Down.” HO model
train exhibit of the Mainline Railroad.
At one time, western
Pennsylvania produced
nearly one-quarter of
America’s coal.
WATCH TRAINS PASS THROUGH
THE HIGHEST AND LONGEST
TUNNELS ON THE FORMER
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
GALLITZIN TUNNELS PARK & MUSEUM
411 Convent St., Gallitzin, PA 16641
814-886-8871 | gallitzin.info
Identified by railroad buffs as a “must
see” stopover! The twin tunnels are the
highest and longest tunnels on the
former Pennsylvania Railroad. The first
tunnel completed the railroad west
and made the tunnels so valuable that
they were guarded by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Police during war times.
Historic railroad museum with many
RR and mining artifacts and video in
the theater. Restored PRR caboose.
Portage Station Museum
The Pennsylvania Mainline
Canal reduced travel
between Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh from 23
to four days.
FOLLOW THE PATH OF
THE MAIN LINE CANAL
PITTSBURGH-TO-HARRISBURG MAIN LINE
CANAL GREENWAY
Allegheny Ridge Corporation | 814-940-1922
mainlinecanalgreenway.org
Making New Connections Between
Old Neighbors™ by following the path
of the Main Line Canal, the Greenway
features historic “hub” communities
of Altoona, Johnstown, Blairsville,
Freeport, and others and interpretive
sites including Hollidaysburg Canal
Basin Park, Saltsburg Canal Park, and
the National Park Service’s Allegheny
Portage Railroad.
HIDE AND SEEK TREASURES
MAIN LINE CANAL GREENWAY GEOTRAIL
Allegheny Ridge Corporation | 814-940-1922
mainlinecanalgreenway.org
Investigate the foundations of history
and discover your own adventure along
the Greenway through geocaching a world-wide hide and seek quest for
treasure using GPS.
The first steel rails for
the railroad were rolled
in Johnstown’s mills.
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