Description: Mauch Chunk, PENNSYLVANIA - Five Mile Tree Bridge - Switchback Railway: The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, also known as the Mauch Chunk and Summit Railroad and occasionally shortened to Mauch Chunk Railway, was a coal-hauling railroad in the mountains of Pennsylvania that was built in 1827 and operated until 1932. It was the second gravity railway constructed in the United States, which was used by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company to transport coal from Summit Hill downhill to the Lehigh canal. The railway operated on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track, and it was not utilized as a common carrier that linked with other railroads. The rail line was laid on top of the company's earlier 9-mile (14 km)-constant-descent-graded wagon road. The railway operated for more than half a century as a tourist attraction after it ceased day-to-day operations as a freight railroad in 1872. The onset of the Great Depression resulted in its eventual closure. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. Hugh C. Leighton. Portland, ME. No. 8957.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Material: Paper
City: Mauch Chunk
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton
Subject: Switchback Railway
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Country: United States
Region: Pennsylvania
Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Landscapes, Transportation, Travel, Five Mile Tree Bridge, Bridge, Mauch Chunk Railway, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
