| Here is a postal card entitled "The Roadbed of the Old Allegheny Portage R.R. on the Summit of the Allegheny Mountains." Postmarked: 21 May 1909. Caption On Reverse: "Crossing the Alleghenies ~ called by the Indians the 'Alligewi' ~ was, in earlier days, the insurmountable obstacle to commerce. This picture shows the present condition of the first railroad that succeeded in giving through service by boat and inclined plane. The stone ties shown still remain." |